The Desperate Man

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Cant stop looking at his eyes

Posted by Peter Loft on Sat 17 Sep 12:12:01

Thanks Peter he does look a bit manic

Posted by Jeff Coles on Sat 17 Sep 18:06:49

Have you posted this one before? I have a fairly good visual memory (though not a lot of vision just now) and I'm sure I've seen a version of this before. Anyway - it's an arresting image.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Sat 17 Sep 19:10:05

I look like this when I lose my car keys Jeff! It's compelling to look at.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 17 Sep 20:23:39

Obviously I've seen the Courbet before, by the way! What I MEANT was, have you ever painted this copy before? I think someone did - it may well not have been you.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Mon 19 Sep 20:59:55

Hi Robert, Looked through my gallery and I am sure I have not taken anything down, so I guess it must have been someone else. Sorry to cause any visual confusion.

Posted by Jeff Coles on Tue 20 Sep 16:40:17

Hang on Studio Wall

17/09/2016

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A guess you will be seeing a sort of theme in my work, I like faces and as I am learning, thought it best to concentrate on the one subject. I read somewhere that a good way to learn was to copy, well try and copy an old master. So here is my go at Gustave Courbets painting The Desperate Man This is painted on 20 x 16 canvas board with acrylics. Thanks for taking time to look and for all your comments.

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Jeff Coles

Self-taught photographer from wet room to the digital age, in 2014 i put my camera down and started to paint to get back to an analogue past time. I like the strange and unusual and have now tried Acrylics, oils, water colour, charcoal, pencils pens, mono printing, lino cuts etc., all with…

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