Paula Rego, House of Stories. Portugal

Amazing gallery. Spent and intense and inspiring day here. Loved the room full of her beautiful, senstive and vibrant observational drawings.

http://www.casadashistoriaspaularego.com/

 

 

Is it me or is there a spooky resemblence between this figure and Nick Cave?Nick Cave and Paula Rego in one go- made my day!

 

 

Copy of  Saint Dymphna. Difficult to retain fluid and amimated mark making, characteristc of Regos draughtsmanship, while retaining accuracy. Would like to have returned and copied a number of times until the movements felt more gestural and less controlled and contrived

 

 

 

 

About amanda

Practising artist and current PhD student. Reseach is practice based and concerned with identifying and alleviating anxieties relating to the female nude in current painting and drawing practice.
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