The tapioca man
Pastels on Colourfix paper( lavender colour).
30×40 cm
From a photo by Paul Chesley
Cassava, the plant from which tapioca is made is one of Thailand’s major crops. Here the workers load sacks of flour on barges, their faces covered with a fine powder of tapioca at the end of hard day’s work.
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Cassava, la plante qui nous donne le tapioca, est l’une des cultures principales de la Thailande. Ici les travailleurs chargent les sacs de farine de cassava sur des barges, le visage recouvert de la fine poudre de tapioca après une dure journée de labeur.
The tapioca man belongs to the following groups:
1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , "Real" Life Artwork (No Photography), Capturing Emotion, Contemporary Pastel Painters (2 per day), Ethnic Art, Multiracial Beauty and Works On Paper
Vasile Stan
Outstanding composition Colombe. So compelling! Kudos.
Colombe Cambo... replied
Thank you so much for a great comment!
Cheers
Jim Phillips
Fantastic pastel, glad you explained it so well, because as excellent as the work is I wouldn’t have known exactly what I was looking at. Well done.
Colombe Cambo... replied
I know what you mean Jim! As a matter of fact when I looked at the photo I initially thought that he was covered in ice…
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
Corinne Pouzet
Ah oui voilà le portrait dont tu nous parlais au phone…c’est fou comme tu arrives à bien capter les expressions et les attitudes aussi. Tous tes personnages sont beaucoup plus “cools” maintenant que tu maîtrises mieux, ils sont moins figés…tu frottes toujours avec les doigts pour faire fondre le pastel ??
(Tu sais quoi ? j’adore sa casquette ‘enfarinée’ !!) et tu vois le regard avec le point blanc dont tu disais que c’était difficile à faire, maintenant, tu en es la reine ….yeehah. Je suis certaine que ce portrait va être mis en vedette, je le sens…..
Colombe Cambo... replied
Oh mais que tu es mignonnette Corinnette! C’est très gentil, ce que tu dis. C’est vrai que se casquette est bien “poudreuse”. Il faudrait que je mette la photo qui m’a inspirée car on dirait que sa barbe n’est pas “vraie”, alors qu’en fait, c’est vraiment chaque poil qui est recouvert de farine… C’est bizarre.
Thanks a lot Froggy!
Hugs to you.
Lynda Robinson
You are doing SO WELL with your pastels Colombe! You are becoming quite the ‘master’ with your lovely portraits. This is so effective. and works well on the background colour.
Colombe Cambo... replied
That’s such a nice thing to say Lynda, and coming from you it has another dimension that’s very important to me. You know you’re the one who inspired me so much. I love working on this paper! Thank you heaps.
On to the next project now….....
ValM
The picture looks even better “in the flesh”
I wonder how much tapioca flour this man has breathed in over the years. Here he lives forever in a wonderful painting. He would be thrilled to see it I am sure. It is so life-like.
Colombe Cambo... replied
Thank you Val, your comments are always so encouraging!
lilian marshall 22 days ago
Fantastic .Looks so lifelike .It is a pity he couldn’t see it like we can .
Larry Llewellyn 22 days ago