Here
above is my entry for the
Reginald CAE Portrait Prize for Softies. Yes indeed it IS meant to be Mr David Hockney,
below, though I am not sure that I have succeeded in evoking the great man. I am quite happy with certain details: the embroidered stripes on the shirt, the knitted and stitched tie, the real pockets and the embroidered paint stains on the pants. But I am not a doll maker, and am definitely not used to thinking of a figure as a series of what are essentially three dimensional tubes.
It was quite a lesson*.
Above: I decided to make the back a bit more interesting for myself, so I based it on an abstracted figure from Mr Hockney's own vast oeuvre,
below.
The painting is from David Hockney,
My Early Years, 1988. I will credit it properly when I have access to the book again.
* One of the reasons why David Hockney IS so great, in my opinion, is that he still enjoys experimenting with different media (his i-pad paintings, for example, are brilliant). I should try and channel a bit more of his spirit. Maybe we all could?
6 comments:
this is beyond amazing!!!!!!!!! love love love this!
Oh my god Evie you are so sweet!!!! I still have A LOT to learn from brilliant doll makers like you!!!!
Thanks SO SO much for entering him Sandra - I love him. Sue
Sandra, this is an absolute treasure! Just the bestest! I'm sure David Hockney would be overwhelmed by such a portrait!!
I agree, it is amazing. So so clever. I LOVE it! Want.
You are going to win.
Thank you SO MUCH Sue, Julianne and Jo!!!!!!!
I am so happy that you like him. I have been very self critical regarding my efforts, so it feels interesting (and weird!) to have such a positive response.
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