I had a pleasant surprise last week when Vicky brought home a picture she had been given by friends.
The picture is a black and white sketch of a semi-naked lady draped in a towel revealing her shoulders, back and neck. A black marble-effect mount sets off the picture perfectly but the shiny gold frame may not be quite right for it.
We hadn't been given any information about what the picture is so, as we often do, we opened up the back. Inside we found it was a print of a pencil sketch entitled "Portrait Of Back" by Gilles Sacksick. Neither of us has come across this artist before and we wanted to find out more. This proved a bit of a challenge as he was born in Paris and most of the websites that have information about him are written in French.
Once we had made sense of the translations we were intrigued to find Gilles is a versatile artist. He produces traditional fine art paintings, drawings, illustrations and woodcuts covering a wide range of subjects from portraits and landscapes to animals and still life plus many other subjects. He has also worked on theatre sets and costume designs.
His work has been exhibited in Paris, London, New York and Tokyo as well as many other places around the world. We will now be on the lookout for other work by Gilles.
As for the picture, it would certainly benefit from a more complementary frame to replace the gold one it is in. And we are looking at all our display areas to find an appropriate place to hang it.
Many thanks to Vicky's friends for this interesting gift.
Vince,
Love Your Art
The picture is a black and white sketch of a semi-naked lady draped in a towel revealing her shoulders, back and neck. A black marble-effect mount sets off the picture perfectly but the shiny gold frame may not be quite right for it.
We hadn't been given any information about what the picture is so, as we often do, we opened up the back. Inside we found it was a print of a pencil sketch entitled "Portrait Of Back" by Gilles Sacksick. Neither of us has come across this artist before and we wanted to find out more. This proved a bit of a challenge as he was born in Paris and most of the websites that have information about him are written in French.
Once we had made sense of the translations we were intrigued to find Gilles is a versatile artist. He produces traditional fine art paintings, drawings, illustrations and woodcuts covering a wide range of subjects from portraits and landscapes to animals and still life plus many other subjects. He has also worked on theatre sets and costume designs.
His work has been exhibited in Paris, London, New York and Tokyo as well as many other places around the world. We will now be on the lookout for other work by Gilles.
As for the picture, it would certainly benefit from a more complementary frame to replace the gold one it is in. And we are looking at all our display areas to find an appropriate place to hang it.
Many thanks to Vicky's friends for this interesting gift.
Vince,
Love Your Art
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