Master Art Copyist


It is a pleasure, a challenge and a privilege to study (in person) the paintings of some of our greatest artists. While the minds and techniques of these masters are my primary objective, I often add a sort of “cultural twist” in the form of a satirical or “punny” change or addition that takes the works in an unexpected direction. Study yes, but why not have a little fun too?

Studying the masters was the traditional way painters improved their skills!
(after) John Constable “The White Horse”
(after) JSS Sargent- “Setting out to Fish”
Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (detail) after Jusepe de Ribera (Martyrdom by Paddleball Game)
Alpine Mastiffs Reviving a Distressed Traveler (with no signal) (apologies to E. Landseer)

The “Poke-ulist” after “The Oculist by Norman Rockwell

Pope Innocent after Diego Velazquez – matchstick hints at his “not so innocent” story

Study of Fish and Containers after Wm. Merritt Chase

Soldiers at Cards and Dice after V d Boulogne.

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