I FUTURI DI RESPIRAZIONE non HANNO mai DETTO
 

I FUTURI DI RESPIRAZIONE non HANNO mai DETTO

oil on wood panel.

all one panel

I posted an extreme close up here
http://davidkassan.com/mar.jpg

Man, David, This is awesome! I love the composition.

Garth

David:

This painting reminds me of your PSOA award winning self portrait, and is just as awesome. Is it the same size? Also, speaking of composition, in both, the subjects are looking down. Any significance there? Who/what are your influences?

Lovely and very intriguing. Can you tell us what the title means?

I like this a lot. I'm adding a link on my site to yours.

I really like the individual hairs shown in the close up. Very good work.

Thanks everyone,

Lately I've been exploring very simple head studies with interesting compositions, and just more recently have a few full length pieces in the works. This piece represents Past and Present.

My main influences this week are the NYC streets, Antonio Lopez Garcia, and Annagoni. The title means.... I like to think that if a painting is interesting to the viewer, They would be able to figure out the title and what the painting means. I personally love to research paintings and painters to figure out goofy stuff like this. I'm pretty odd.

Garth,

Whats going on? What's on the easel? Did any of those high profile commissions pan out?

The Futures Of Breathing As Yet Unspoken...(?)

My literal translation is undoubtedly not wholly accurate with regard to the piece. But, I "get it" by looking rather than translating. And that's because it's such a wonderful, emotive work.

Congratulations on another stellar piece, David. You raise the bar for all of us.

P.S. Garcia is amazing

I agree with Rob,

Very romantic, and luscious skin - especially in the extreme ( we're cool in the arts) close up.

Great work Dave, keep raising the bar.

Denise

Terrific piece Dave!. Beautifully executed and the sensation it gives off is mezmerizing. Congratulations

It's such a pleasure to see this, Dave. In viewing the close-up, I think I could tell how moist her skin would be if I actually touched her face.

Italians do it better
 

Dave, what a beautiful piece, so well painted, so well lit.

I wasn't patient enough to read ALL your account on the trip to Italy, but you must have met a certain Piero Della Francesca...
I think you loved the country so much you should be offered an honorary Italian citizenship, if you just stop picking italian words randomely for your cryptic titles .

I normally live in London, but today I write from the middle of the tuscan countryside, Gaiole in Chianti, I am sure you would be very inspired by the view from the window.

Many many compliments again for your works at which I have been looking on your site for a while.

Ciao
Ilaria

Dave, I love this composition: head within a square, looking off to a rectangle for balance. I also love the juxtaposition of a smooth classical head with the painterly background. Such a lovely painting, congratulations.

That's a really interesting composition that works David. What sparked that idea? Without actually seeing it, I would have guessed against it. I especially enjoyed your detail link. Good stuff.

Thanks Linda and Carl,

I've been focusing on forcing different portrait compositions, like the self portrait. I do a lot of thumbnail sketching then I try to find models that will fit the idea. My recent museum sketching has really made me focus on composition. I think of it as falling down the stairs and either landing on my feet or on my a#@. A lot of times the thumbnails will give me a good idea of the concept. I'm just starting to branch out into larger more complex works, trying to take my time to figure things out and evolve slowly.

Well it's working. ;)

Thats debatable, but thanks Carl.