Artworks In Your Cart Are Not Reserved.

view additional image 1
View in a Room ArtworkView in a Room Background

11 Views

1

View In My Room

Torso, Mar 16/M/MD/19.7x27 Drawing

Don Adleta

United States

Drawing, Pastel on Paper

Size: 19.7 W x 27 H x 0.1 D in

Ships in a Tube

This artwork is not for sale.

11 Views

1

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

This drawing was inspired by the male figure in front of me. I pulled out an old silkscreen print of a grid study from my time studying design in Basel, Switzerland, which I primed with a wash of gesso and started working with my Sennelier oil pastels and my soft graphite sticks. These graphite sticks just glided over the oil pastels like they wanted to make the mark for me! Visually interpreting the male model, his warmth, his thoughts, his center, his space, and even the blood flowing through his body are all being channeled through the medium. This guy looked like an Armani man! When I draw, I invite the audience into the drawing through an implied line or an implied idea. I believe it gives a sense of gratification and accomplishment to the viewer who is invited into the drawing to finish the implied line with the perfect line that only that viewer can envision. The viewer, therefore, takes ownership of the image through this experience. What a gift a drawing gives when it invites the viewer to participate in finishing it! 

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Drawing:

Pastel on Paper

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

19.7 W x 27 H x 0.1 D in

SHIPPING AND RETURNS
Delivery Time:

Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.

2015, I retired and became a Professor Emeritus at Ohio University. I have been teaching Graphic Design, Drawing, Letterpress and Bookbinding at Ohio University for 25 years. I have traveled around the world several times conducting design workshops in the National Institute of Design, India, the Hong Kong Design Institute, Massey University, New Zealand, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar, University of the Arts, Philadelphia and the Basel, School of Design. I was a senior designer at The Upjohn Company, and a design faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design. In addition to drawing regularly, I am writing design education books and I am in the process of reprinting my international, award-winning Adleta Perpetual Calendar.

Thousands of 5-Star Reviews

We deliver world-class customer service to all of our art buyers.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

Our 14-day satisfaction guarantee allows you to buy with confidence.

Global Selection of Emerging Art

Explore an unparalleled artwork selection by artists from around the world.

Support An Artist With Every Purchase

We pay our artists more on every sale than other galleries.