"The Artist's Corner..."

"Gabriel, Portrait - Red Drapery"

Oil on wood

George Towne

What I Like About This: Artist George Towne is noted for his often more explicit works of homoerotic art, but this painting is a more modest, but quite lovely study of his skill at portraiture. The model for this work is an "everyday man" of vague and indeterminant ethnicity which lends interest and inclusive intrigue to this work. The choice of medium, oil on birchwood panel lends an additional depth of interest to the painting as the grain of the board adds textural significance to the artist's beautifully executed imagery.