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Eloy Morales - study for David

6/13/2015

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In January I got to meet one of my inspirations, Eloy Morales. My admiration for his work began when I got a book with paintings by him. Eloy is famous for his enormous portraits with paint in his face and they are so realistic you can even see the pores and tiny tiny blood vessels on his nose. I got to meet him personally in Madrid in his studio and seeing his paintings in reality added a very important dimension - the surface aint plain, you can see rich chunks of color and even though the artworks look like photographs from afar, they dissolve when you come up close. Parts are detailed and others are not. Very intriguing! And to all those skeptics, his paintings are for real - there's no photoshop involved.

Anyways, in Madrid I picked up a study for one of his paintings which I think was on display at the Jonathan LeVine gallery in NYC not too long ago. It is a study of his brother David. Eloy gave me an idea for the framing - to make it look like it floats by separating the drawing from the background. Hard to explain but you´ll get it if you look at the pictures. The framing is done very professionally by Unos Glas.  

Honestly, this is the most precious thing I own and I can watch it for hours! It makes me think about the stage between being awake and falling asleep when you feel like you are hovering a little bit above your bed. 
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Do you see what I mean about hovering? It looks like the drawing is weightless and defies the law of gravity.
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You know these little things in your everyday life which adds that extra dimension and sense of luxury? It might be fresh flowers, a glass of fine wine, a home spa etc. This drawing does that same thing for me.
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