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| Evan Izer. Two Drug Addicts On The Subway After A Fix, 2013 Ink, gouache paint & crayon on laid paper |
Due to financial considerations, my "Sketchbook" website is down, so I thought I'd post some drawings here until I get things running again.
I used to love to draw pictures of people that I saw when riding the subway in New York City. My usual practice was to make the drawing in a small sketchbook as quickly and furtively as I could, using a mechanical pencil or sometimes an ink brush pen. I would later choose the best of these sketches and work them up in other media when I was back in my workshop.
I usually chose subjects based upon extremity of appearance— extreme beauty or extremity of another sort. The two people depicted in this drawing had the paralytic flush of people who just shot up. They remained like this— eyes rolling underneath closed eyelids, mouths gaping, slow-motion twitching— for the entirety of my 25-minute ride.
15 comments:
Man: My eyes! Someone stole my eyes!
Woman: Ach, gargling is good for the soul.
That woman wears a lot of rings.
I worked with a guy who loved to do photos along those lines.
Very fine work, Palladian.
Sort of a sad, updated version of Edward Hopper's Night on the El Train.
Good eye, P.
I bet they split it even, the woman's smaller body mass absorbing a disproportionate amount of the hit.
Bones down though, great work.
Poignant timing given the Philip Seymour Hoffman death.
I like you're posting here. Websites are expensive. You have free space and an appreciative audience here.
A lovely and sad sketch.
Bold and sure.
Excellent sketch and reminder of PS Hoffman's death. Reminds me of Farley and Belushi.
Belushi, Radner, Candy, Farley, and Hoffman - all dead. Yet, Adam Sandler lives.
There is no God.
Great eye, Palladian.
Very nice. Is she holding a cane?
You captured the moment. I can feel the drugs.
So sad and haunting.
I enjoy your art, Palladian. Keep posting it even when your website is back up, please.
"You captured the moment. I can feel the drugs."
Exactly.
Just wonderful!
But, it's so sad that I wouldn't know where to hang it.
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