concert master

I worked on a sketch (monoprint) for a sculpture. This is inspired by a photo of my cousin Andrew Irvin - Concert master of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. I saw the portrait of him on Facebook and commented how much I liked it. He said I could use it to inspire my work. 

I did this one first-  I started in water color then added litho inks.  I decided to do another -  trying to get more of the movement of his hands playing big the violin. I think it has more energy but it might be too abstract to…

I did this one first-  I started in water color then added litho inks. 

 

I decided to do another -  trying to get more of the movement of his hands playing big the violin. 

I think it has more energy but it might be too abstract to see the image.  

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The next one I will reverse the drawing - my cousin is a righty.