In a previous post I mentioned my musician/artist friend John.
John and I took turns modeling for one another. He was strongly influenced by John Singer Sargent. I think Sargent would have been pleased with John’s paintings. I recall a life-size painting of his wife in the garden gathering flowers. The painting took my breath away. I hope he is still alive and well. I hope he is still painting.
During the late 70’s I did a great number of portraits. Then I stopped. I moved in a more experimental direction. In 2005 I began to get the urge to include hands, heads and feet on the abstract, thrown paint watercolor figures that I had become known for. I found I had become rusty at heads. Every head looked like me. Looking back at these older paintings is fueling the urge to return to studying facial expressions and character portraits.
January 5, 2013 at 11:54 pm
John Booth became a musician again and teaches piano. It is a tragic waste of vision, talent, and decades of development. Not to mention the encouragement and support of those who believed in his tremendous skill and imagination as an artist. Whoever owns his paintings should treasure them.
January 6, 2013 at 12:26 am
Doesn’t John paint at all anymore? Do you have contact information for him? I regret not buying a tiny painting he did of my daughter, Alexis. Alas, I was a poor, starving artist. I love my memories of time spent with him.
November 11, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Go for it!!