"THE CALLING"
I was lucky enought to come across David O'Mer's My Space page a few years ago and got into conversation with him. We liked each other's work and discussed doing a photoshoot at a future date when he was back in London.
A year later and we arranged to meet at the Hippodrome in London where he was performing with La Clique.
It was mid winter, the heating wasn't working and David offered to do poses from his performance in a bath full of cold water . . . I thought it would be amazing but a bit cruel so went for a dry run instead. We had an amazing few hours setting up shots and doing photography with him.
He was an absolute joy to work with . . . easy going, professional, fun and interested in the processes.
The results were wonderful and fired me up to start painting him immediately . . . I have never worked so intensively on one painting . . . (usually I flit about from canvas to canvas, as the mood takes me, with up to six paintings on the go at any time) but this one was like an addiction and I worked 8 - 12 hours a day, leaving all other painting untouched, until it was completed.
It feels a bit like my Mount Everest . . . and the view is wonderful. lol
Thank you David.
* If you would like an invitation to the Private viewing on Friday the 23rd October 2009 please let me know or contact the gallery directly:
GX Gallery, 43 Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London SE5 8RS.
00 44 (0)207 703 8396, info@gxgallery.com
1 comments:
Incredible Nigel. The foreshortening of the face must have been a real challenge. But of course you triumphed. Brilliant painting.
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