Saturday, June 2, 2007

500 paintings of women

You myspace-savvy people have probably already seen this, but I haven't, so I pass it along, just in case.


A loop of five centuries of artistic representations of women's faces. Pretty cool.

Women in art

10 comments:

Sally said...

That is fascinating (and beautiful) how each face morphs into the next; kind of like they're all the same woman / anima.

Linda Davick said...

So how's it going with Maud? Don't we get to see an in-progress?

Anonymous said...

When will we get to see anything on the last painting?

Anonymous said...

Remember what Ilse used to tell us about pestering Seymour? Just let him work!! We'll see Maud after he graduates in July.

Ken Smith said...

Ilse? Good lord; I forgot about her.

Sunday for Maud perhaps. My work in progress just looks like bad painting alas.

I'm also finishing up a painting of the Mercer House in Savannah, that hopefully will be interesting.

Ken Smith said...

well, Peter Pan is close enough to post, but it's been rainy, so I haven't had enough light to shoot her.

Maybe tomorrow. Then to finish Roslind.

Sally said...

How many are you working on at once?!

Ken Smith said...

right now, I'm working on four.

Sally said...

Did you say they're oils, so you have to wait for them to dry?

Ken Smith said...

I use Liquin medium and mix it in with virtually all the paint before I apply it (with brush or knife). It dries easily overnight, and will usually dry in 3-4 hours. I seem to glaze a lot, so it's pretty critical (otherwise, I'd never get done).