Martu by Gerhard Ritter

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Great piece! Very intense!

Posted by Adebanji Alade on Mon 05 Apr 08:08:49

A very pwerful, haunting image.

Posted by Lesley Dabson on Mon 05 Apr 08:15:56

captivating portraits making me realise just how far I have to go..but that's what its all about isn't it?- striving to be as good as we can be

Posted by Gill Clayton on Mon 05 Apr 09:55:13

Thanks for the comments. Gill, we all still have along way to go. So many faces, so little time.

Posted by Gerhard Ritter on Mon 05 Apr 15:50:37

I've admired all the works in your gallery, until I got to this one. This is fantastic. It has a real punch to it. Absolutely love it. Very well done.

Posted by tony challis on Tue 06 Apr 18:14:30

PS - it scare the hell out of me too!

Posted by tony challis on Tue 06 Apr 18:15:56

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

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34cm x 24.5cm old medium paper, unknown make, about 250gsm It depicts a member of the Martu tribe of central Australia. More details on my blog http://ritterart.blogspot.com/. It uses some gouache to bring out the colour of pipe clay and ashes on the face.

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