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| Photograph Dale DiMauro |
This is a Winslow Homer graphite and pencil drawing, presumedly done as a study for a painting. It was created in 1879 and is titled Man with a Scythe. This depicts a period of mourning and renewal, following the civil war.
This photograph was taken last week when my wife and visited the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. We were impressed with the current exhibit on Homer's use of the camera during his life as an aid in his painting process. Seldom do you get to view paintings from such as master, at least in watercolor, these days.
I appreciate anyone who can draw, period. However, when an artist captures the human figure in motion with the correct proportions, scale etc, now that is impressive.
When we were viewing the rest of the exhibition I kept wanting to come back to this drawing. Those simple pencil strokes captured my imagination.
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