Michael

Interesting article. What do you think of old Lucian? I had an art teacher who didn't like him, claiming that Lucian always painted the same painting. I like him because he evolved a style of modeling that, by exaggerating color and tonal shifts, manages to intensify the fleshiness of flesh (as well as creating a densely linear network throughout the picture, which unifies his painting and his drawing.) Yes, yes, it's a bit morbid. But Freud strikes me as a (less facile) Egon Schiele-type, but one who lived long enough to get interested in other people. While I don't see myself copying him, I wouldn't mind pursuing a nude or a portrait over many, many sessions, trying to wring everything I could out of every square inch.

Cheers,

Friedrich