Original artwork description:

A large close-up of an well-aged face stares out at the viewer in an arresting expression of surprise and recognition. The intensely configured countenance in conjunction with the aggressively applied color and textural passages allude to the presence of a strong psychological undertone.

Influences, among others, include Max Beckmann, Edvard Munch, Bob Thompson, George McNeil, Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Francesco Clemente, R.B. Kitaj and Willem de Kooning.

Materials used:

Oil paint, gesso, and charcoal

Tags:

#figurative #expressive #texture #colorful #painterly #faces #textural oil #figurative expressionism #figurative abstract #dramatic paintings #expressive energetic #movement and