SAINT BURLESQUE
“Painting taught literature to describe.”
- Orhan pamuk, My Name is Red
These are portraits of fellow artists during my residency at Art Center / South Florida.
Influenced by Orhan Pamuk's award winning novel "My Name is Red", this is my homage not only to that of fellow artists, but also to the bygone era of eastern miniatures. "My Name Is Red" recounts the altruistic lifestyle of Turkish miniaturist artists at a conflicting age when Islam prohibited portraiture labeling it iconoclastic. This was an era in which the art of the Renaissance was sending shock waves throughout the Islamic world, and artists were regarded as 'fuels for the fires of hell'. Pamuk's artists led a life of duality and internal clash which I strongly resonate to.
Saint Barbara Rivera
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint Matu Croney
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint J. Kevin Foltz
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint Kathy Kissik
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint Kristen Thiele
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint David Zalben
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint Leila A. Leder kremer
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint Franklin Sinanan
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint Wendy Coad
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint Robert W. Wilson
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
- 20 x 20 x 0.5 inches
Saint Alfonso Corona
Acrylic, Oil, Glitter, Gold Leaf, Mineral Pigment, Charcoal on Canvas
20 x 20 x 0.5 inches (not available)
Art Center/SouthFlorida's 'Burlesque Saints' at the Art Center Gallery - Photo courtesy of Robert Wilson
