L'homme tête en l'air Drawing

'L'homme tête en l'air' is part of my series 'Nowness in B&G'. I painted it in my Brooklyn studio as I stumbled across a couple of old nude photographs and particularly loved the pose of this man. This drawing of a man seemingly headless or with his head buried in his chest refers to our own quest for evasion and aspirations. Without a head, the body looks mostly like an unanimated stone. The head, absent from the picture, has in its place a golden dove flying away with grace. A metaphor for our wishes and the desire we have to free ourselves from our concern and worries. The title borrowed from a French saying is a wordplay that translates literally by 'The floating head man' when the saying actually means 'The head in the clouds man'. A reference to the bird in the place of his head flying towards the sky. The series 'Nowness in B&G' (B&G stands for Black & Gold) regroups several small sizes works of this nature that capture nowness in society. It can be based on personal photographs of everyday life or images I am captured by. This series began in 2019. ~ TECHNICAL DETAILS Some parts of the painting have liquid gold which gives the drawing another dimension under different lightings (see other pictures). The artwork is sold as-is, signed, on paper, ready to be framed and ships rolled.