Escape
Escape (2007)
24½×17¼ Pastel on Pastel Paper
Original is Sold
Whether you are escaping a hectic Monday-to-Friday grind, the summer heat of the city, or an oppressive rural life, we all have the need to let ourselves go and Escape, even if only for an hour or two.
I hadn’t intended to put the rider in a striped shirt. That is just what I happened to grab when I decided to photograph myself to have a guide for drawing a windblown shirt. But I really like the way the stripes turned out. As a reader of my blog commented, the stripes add a whole other dimension to the art and fantasy: the young businessman escaping work and the world.
