Walter
Pater wrote:
“
He seemed to those about him as one listening to a voice,
silent for other men.”
Through
the giving of colours to and my own interpretation of
Leonardo’s
drawings, it is my wish to make the Master’s voice
audible
for
you; and to express my own creativity through His – producing
a
work of
art that appeals to contemporary tastes – taking on
a
‘new life’
within the setting of contemporary 21st Century homes.
“He
is
smitten with a love of the impossible.”
Within
Leonardo’s oveure, brainstorm ideas reside in
surviving
tiny
notebook drawings (often only a few inches in height and only
suggestively sketched) – each with its own spark
of
individual genius. These are often passed over because in
their
less impressive size drawn with pen and ink or red chalk
medium,
they appear faint or unfinished; most a spark of concept
-
never having reached the light of day in painted form from the
Master’s
own brush.
Only
a dozen autograph Leonardo paintings have come down to us.
The
precious few others having perished from the ravages of war and time.
I
have endeavoured to bring his drawings back to the light of attention
they deserve, using a more impressionistic expression in watercolour
paint; adding my own coloristic interpretations.
Observers’
most
frequent comment is t my interpretations convey “a wave of
impression.”
I
wish to present you with my impression of how these drawings might have
appeared; given all that I am able to discern from the art historical
critical sources, using my own intuitive skills and
watercolour
brushes. I hope that a touch of the Master’s intent
has
flowed
into each!
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