William Blake and the Heavenly Host
Man of vision/man of words.
If you’re not yet hip to William Blake (and these days, who isn’t?) you should be. Get off your ass and go pick up a copy of his complete works. You’ll be a better person for it.
Blake’s Wiki-Bio
This is another one of my late night ‘one hour portraits’. (I’m really getting into these.)
Oils on 8” x 10” canvas panel.
William Blake and the Heavenly Host belongs to the following groups:
1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Back In Black ( sorry~NO PHOTOGRAPHY), Ebony and Ivory, Fine Arts Influenced by Literature, Oil Painting and THE FRINGE Available for sale asGreeting Cards
bites
Awesome use of confident brush strokes, love how his face tethers away…
Sophie Shapiro
I like your use of colour and there is a real feel of him in this painting! I agree with you completely, if you haven’t heard or know nothing about William Blake then it’s time you did. I end this with a quote from him…..As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers........Wonderful rendition to accompany his words.S
darkestartist
love what you’re doing with this series….fantastic renders, full of expression.
ISMAIL ALAOUI ...
wow
look at that,
where have you been hiding,
i swear i love all your work
i’ll pass over em’ all
your clothings are exellent too
BLYTHART
Great … I must be hip, because I have liked Blake’s work since the 1960s. My late father was REALLY into Blake though … poetry, art, philosophy … I have a book of Blake’s poems my father bought me in 1981 and it is still in great condition ‘cos I covered it with Coverlon. I also have a few books by Poe, whom you also portrayed.
BLYTHART
By the way, here is a variation I did on a Blake painting .. I couldn’t ask his permission, but I’m sure he wouldn’t mind :)
Vajdon Sohaili
I really like the way you contextualize your portraits – almost curating it for us. Looking through your work today, I learned a thing or two. Thanks.
Natalee
You should paint James Ensor, just because he is awesome and you paint awesome.