Rodin statue 'Eve'

This alla prima sketch was done from life during a stay at the Southampton City Art gallery, and features ‘Eve’ by Rodin. It is a life size bronze cast from 1882. The painting is done in oils on an A3 sized piece of mounting board during June 2022.

Eve, together with a matching Adam, was to be part of a colossal decorative entrance for an arts museum being constructed at the time, in Paris. The collective artwork, called ‘The Gates of Hell’ was to consist of almost 200 figures, but never completed.

Artist David McDiarmid portrait

Painted in spring 2022 this portrait features an artist working on his sculpture. His name is David McDiarmid and is based in Southampton, UK. The piece shown is "Lucifer", with gold leaf being applied to the face.Painted on mounting board sized at 33" x 23" approx in oils.

The artwork can be seen in greater detail on this link.
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Bust of Major Raymond Smythies - oil painting

Bust of Major Raymond Smythies. The plaster original dates from 1912 and this casting, as found at the Southampton city art gallery, dates from 1971. The artist was Gaudier-Brzeska.

The bust is wonderful to look at, with the sculpted form really giving a clue to the character of the Major.

Painted from life during early June 2022. Oil on supermarket cardboard, sized at 12” x 9.5”.