A return to Rush Hospital Human Anatomy Lab after a three year hiatus due to the pandemic. Excited to be back at this remarkable facility thanks to the interest and generosity of Rush and Dr. Chris Ferrigno.
During the interim I contacted Coronavirus and lost my sense of smell. It’s been a year plus and I have regained a fraction of my capability to detect smells. As a result, the nostril shocking smell of formaldehyde was at a bare minimum. So, there’s an upside to infection???
Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens on Hanemühle Cappuccino paper.
Claus Oldenburg’s metal & wood glove and ball, a first baseman’s mitt if we’re to be exact, in the grand atrium at the magnificent Cleveland Museum of Art. A huge and rewarding collection with prime examples of the work of the artist in the collection. Superb building and facilities.
Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens on a Rhodia unlined notebook.
Got in a few hours in the magnificent Cleveland Museum of Art. Fantastic buildings, superb collection.
Drawing #1 one of the Biglin brothers from Thomas Eakins’ The Biglin Brothers Turning The Stake.
#2 two views of a bas relief marble head and a quickie of a Adolph Mengs portrait of Infante Don Luis de Borbón one of King Philip V of Spain’s nere do well trust funded brats. The side label/comment mentioned how characters like him were the subjects of interest when rational skepticism in the Age of Enlightenment began to confront absolutist hereditary power. Kind of brings to mind the spoiled brats like D Trump and his offspring.
#3 gored and dying dogs from a hunting scene by Lucas Cranach the Elder. A little bronze of a dog scratching itself. And a wooden carving of St. Andrew
#4 rt to lft the backside of some dude in a print, the still clenched hand of a dead Christ in a wooden Pietá. Many times the hands of the dead Christ are depicted relaxed, but the graphic realism of this one grabbed me. And a difficult to see sketch of a polished bronze figure with a Fu Manchu that resembled Kenny Rogers after he got plastic surgery “face lift”
Drwg #5 the last drawing before leaving the CMA a sketch of a Civil War Union soldier carving a pipe. Dressed in red cap, blue jacket and billowing red breeches the units known as Zouaves were comfortable and looked great but were compelling targets of Confederate sharp shooting snipers. This small painting by Homer is a gem! Well known for his Maine seascapes and his watercolors, he was a monster draftsman who was a war correspondent and combat artist. He’s knocked me dizzy with a number of his drawings and watercolors. I adore this figure and his hands carving the pipe were so accurately dexterous with brilliant brushwork.
Drawn with a Warm Grey IV Pitt Artist Pen Chisel nib and Brush nib because they appear to be pencil drawings, especially on paper that allows you to smudge ‘em, BECAUSE… museums don’t want you to draw with ink.
p.s. the dog scratching itself was drawn with ink from a fountain pen.
