Portrait Artist Forum - View Single Post - 20"/24", Pierre Noire and Pastel Portrait Drawing

John Zeissig · 07-09-2003, 07:39 PM

Beautiful, Sergio!

Absolutely masterful handling of the medium and the material. The only work I know that comes close to this in pastel or charcoal are the charcoals of Robert Bechtle, who's primarily known as a photorealist painter. His charcoals are rare, and are hard to find on the internet. I'm including some links, One because it's a French website, and the other becaude it has the only image I could find of one of his charcoals. The image is not very good. I've seen some drawings of his that were interiors, and at least one self-portrait that were really stunning, but I think your work compares quite favorably with his.

http://www.hyperrealism.net/Robert%20Bechttle.htm

http://www.gallerypauleanglim.com/exhib_2002_10.html

07-09-2003, 07:39 PM	#3
John Zeissig Associate Member Joined: Sep 2002 Location: Alameda, CA Posts: 212	Beautiful, Sergio! Absolutely masterful handling of the medium and the material. The only work I know that comes close to this in pastel or charcoal are the charcoals of Robert Bechtle, who's primarily known as a photorealist painter. His charcoals are rare, and are hard to find on the internet. I'm including some links, One because it's a French website, and the other becaude it has the only image I could find of one of his charcoals. The image is not very good. I've seen some drawings of his that were interiors, and at least one self-portrait that were really stunning, but I think your work compares quite favorably with his. http://www.hyperrealism.net/Robert%20Bechttle.htm http://www.gallerypauleanglim.com/exhib_2002_10.html __________________ John Zeissig [email protected] home.att.net/~jZeissig