NOTHING UPON AWAKENING 1988/ Mixed Media Painting/ ABSTRACT ART

                              

    

                                       Nothing Upon Awakening

                                      1988
                                      by Eric Whollem
                                      mixed media on paper: wax resist and India ink with plastic
                                          emulsion crayons
                                      Collection of the artist.
                                      15" x 10"
                                         Copyright by the artist.

REFERENCES TO SCULPTURE

It was in 1988 that I began a large series of ceramic
sculptures. Many of my ceramic works have been posted
on this blog.

I admire the sculptor Henry Moore's subway drawings
from WWII. Nothing Upon Awakening is a tribute to
this British sculptor who has inspired generations.

The expressionistic brush strokes behind the reclining
figure give a liquid contrast to the deeply grooved look
of the blanket, intentionally done to evoke the feel of
a sculpted stone or ceramic. I had been working in
soapstone for some years.

It is said two sorts of artists turn to ceramic sculpture:
those who started as stone carvers and those who
began as potters.

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See my CERAMIC SCULPTURES on this link:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/ceramic%20sculpture

FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION

Expressionism