Louis Posted July 30, 2020 Share #1 Posted July 30, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Amazing things happen when you are quarantined. You keep traveling to your past and you even remember that once upon a time, you used to draw and paint. But, sadly you realize you don’t have the same eyes and technics! Still better than getting drunk or twiddling my thumbs at home! Gouache paintings photographed with Leica CL Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/311834-those-women-we-can-never-forget/?do=findComment&comment=4018254'>More sharing options...
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Louis Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted July 30, 2020 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/311834-those-women-we-can-never-forget/?do=findComment&comment=4018256'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 30, 2020 Share #3 Posted July 30, 2020 Lovely. Have you been influenced by Warhol's large series of portraits? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted July 30, 2020 Stuny, thank you. In the past also, people always mentioned Warhol about my painting, but I was never a big fan of him. Here is a drawing from the past; but the IQ is very bad; I only had a tiny version. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/311834-those-women-we-can-never-forget/?do=findComment&comment=4018304'>More sharing options...
pridbor Posted July 30, 2020 Share #5 Posted July 30, 2020 Great artwork Louis!! I also never took to Warhol! I thought his images looked like colored Photos like those of Marilyn Monroe, destroyed her image IMHO. Yours on the other hand look authentic, this from a fellow artist (Abstract sculptor, website in my profile should you be curious) Preben 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted July 30, 2020 Preben, thanks very much. You are absolutely right in regard to Warhol. He just put colors on photos; something that most people could do. As for myself, I was very interested in the hyper-realistic movement and tried hard to draw and paint, but in art school, my teachers were not very encouraging, telling me to use a camera instead of brushes! LOL Fortunately, I also had people who were much more encouraging. But I stopped my "artistic" activities when I moved to US. My life took another path! Regards, Charles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pridbor Posted July 30, 2020 Share #7 Posted July 30, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm an Autodidact Artist creating only abstract sculptures and started late in life about 20 years ago and now at 77 🙂 I see you are from France. I was previously an Aerospace engineer working among others places at Le CNES (Centre National d'Etude Spatiale) in Paris/Evry and later at the Launch site in Kourou working on the first Ariane launch vehicle. And to make this to Photography relevant I have lately once more picked up my Leica R as well as M film cameras. The R has followed me for the best of 26 years around the world. And I promise not to talk more about my work here 🙂 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted July 30, 2020 Leica F lenses are still very hot and performing greatly on modern cameras. As for CNES, I had two friends who I think worked there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted July 30, 2020 Share #9 Posted July 30, 2020 Louis these are very nice! You should try your hand again and see how your style evolved after all these years of doing photography (assuming you quit painting all this time). Ece 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted July 30, 2020 Thanks so much, Ece. Coming from you, I take it for a huge compliment. I haven't taken a brush or a pencil for about 30 years. It was very hard for me to persuade myself to paint again. But I was curious and dived for it. It has been really hard; my eyes are not the same and I lost my techniques. I also don't have enough space to set a studio. But I will try to continue, beside a novel that I started years ago but never finished. lol Well, I guess this is the case for everyone during this quarantine! 🤗 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boojay Posted July 30, 2020 Share #11 Posted July 30, 2020 Lovely work Louis, a talent you should definitely continue with, and enjoy! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted July 31, 2020 Thank you; very kind of you, Jayne. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelatino Posted July 31, 2020 Share #13 Posted July 31, 2020 Louis, I look at each of your posts and seeing how you can produce so colorful portraits, I am a bit puzzled as I know most ( actually not all) of your pictures are in B&W with strong contrast. Your color pictures show your taste for color,( I would add your taste for colors in opposition rather than in harmony), and I think IMHO they are too rare. Un p'tit salut amical de France Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 31, 2020 Share #14 Posted July 31, 2020 I'm no fan of Warhol, and find him exploitive and pretentious. Nevertheless, as members of the Whitney Museum we went to his retrospective a couple of years ago. Among those hundreds of pieces I actually, and begrudgingly found a few pieces I liked. My wondering if he had any influence on you is just based on your economy of line, and broad areas of bold colors. Frankly, I prefer your portraits to his, and now all the more so since yours are drawing based. As the delightful and lovely Ece wrote, I too strongly encourage you to pick up the pencil and brush once again. Initially, you will probably be a bit disappointed and discouraged, but I assure you it will all come back, and your years of photography may move your fine arts even further along. BTW: On this page of our site you can see why I asked if AW had any influence on your work: http://www.barbara-and-stu.com/plogger/index.php?level=album&id=175&plog_page=13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Gelatino said: Louis, I look at each of your posts and seeing how you can produce so colorful portraits, I am a bit puzzled as I know most ( actually not all) of your pictures are in B&W with strong contrast. Your color pictures show your taste for color,( I would add your taste for colors in opposition rather than in harmony), and I think IMHO they are too rare. Un p'tit salut amical de France Bonjour Gelatino, Thank you very much for your feedback, observation and kind words. You are right, most of my photography work is in B/W.Even during the good old days, I almost always used B/W film that I could process in my bathroom. I was very harsh on color photography that I believe was often disturbing. But when I was in Beaux Arts, we had to work with colors and so, I tried to use colors in my paintings. Now, I am taking old B/W photos of some celebrities and try to paint them with color. The following is a portrait of Dayle Hutton with whom I almost worked in a movie. As you can notice, it was painted on packing paper, but in a style I was hoping to develop during those days. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Kind regards, et a bientot, Louis Edited July 31, 2020 by Louis 7 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Kind regards, et a bientot, Louis ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/311834-those-women-we-can-never-forget/?do=findComment&comment=4018836'>More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted July 31, 2020 3 hours ago, stuny said: I'm no fan of Warhol, and find him exploitive and pretentious. Nevertheless, as members of the Whitney Museum we went to his retrospective a couple of years ago. Among those hundreds of pieces I actually, and begrudgingly found a few pieces I liked. My wondering if he had any influence on you is just based on your economy of line, and broad areas of bold colors. Frankly, I prefer your portraits to his, and now all the more so since yours are drawing based. As the delightful and lovely Ece wrote, I too strongly encourage you to pick up the pencil and brush once again. Initially, you will probably be a bit disappointed and discouraged, but I assure you it will all come back, and your years of photography may move your fine arts even further along. BTW: On this page of our site you can see why I asked if AW had any influence on your work: http://www.barbara-and-stu.com/plogger/index.php?level=album&id=175&plog_page=13 Stuny, thank you so much for your encouraging words. I very much appreciated the link you provided me with and, it is true that Warhol also had some interesting work. But what I did not like very much was the idea of taking photos and putting some colors on them! For me, it was not a real "Creation", although, when he was going a little farther than that, he produced some more interesting work. As for myself, I was struggling hard in "realism" which was not very appreciated in art school, but more encouraging with others. The media I was using more often was gouache which was and is very difficult to control. Below, this is a gouache that I made for the singer Joe Dassin's wife ( the movie director Jules Dassin son). My workflow was to take several photos of my subjects and then, to paint from my photos. Or "copy" them as some may prefer! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/311834-those-women-we-can-never-forget/?do=findComment&comment=4018853'>More sharing options...
Gelatino Posted July 31, 2020 Share #17 Posted July 31, 2020 As I discover these portraits I just can say I'm stuck. I must modify my idea about your preference for opposition of strong colors. The Dayle Hutton's is very pleasant with its brown tonality and the texture of the paper participates to suggest curtains. Both demonstrate that you are a very clever designer and colorist. May I suggest you not to paint from a photo which leads you to reproduction and limits your creativity. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted July 31, 2020 Share #18 Posted July 31, 2020 When Barbara was studying for her masters in French lit in Paris one of her electives was in art. The first time she heard the professor describe photo realism in painting she thought he said "imperialist." We happen to be fans of the hyperrealists/photorealists. Here's a link to some Richard Estes paintings on our site - Beginning on the bottom of this page and continuing to the next page: http://www.barbara-and-stu.com/plogger/index.php?level=album&id=132&plog_page=11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted July 31, 2020 Share #19 Posted July 31, 2020 Louis you are such a perfectionist. Don't worry about technique for now. Just pick up your materials and follow your heart. See where the process leads you. Then keep going. I promise it will be a journey of creative discovery. BTW, I also like Gerhard Richter's photorealist work (I think he is phenomenal). Happy painting! Ece 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, allamande said: Louis you are such a perfectionist. Don't worry about technique for now. Just pick up your materials and follow your heart. See where the process leads you. Then keep going. I promise it will be a journey of creative discovery. BTW, I also like Gerhard Richter's photorealist work (I think he is phenomenal). Happy painting! Ece 😘 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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