Women have been the most popular subject matter for drawings/paintings/sculptures about as long as anyone has been making drawings/paintings/sculptures. Women have been represented in every style and form imaginable at this point. Rather than talk about my theories on why women are so popular as a subject, which is boring, I’ll tell you about one of the ways that women are painted/drawn that I hate, which is provocative. I hate the fashion illustration style. The pencil drawn woman with strokes of bright color to fill in. Do you know how many illustrators there are in France alone who work in that style? A lot. However, no matter how similar that sounds to the work of Barcelona artist Conrad Roset, that is not how he is painting. His women aren’t being fashionable. They’re being sexy and coy and beguiling and innocent, which are maybe the best qualities that women possess. They’re being beautiful. And with stylistic hints at Schiele, Roset has given me reason to enjoy a little pencil and a little paint and a look into what magic women have that ensnares the mind. I can only say what I have wanted to say for a long time: Suck it, French fashion illustrators. Man, it feels good to get that off my chest.
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