Hamlet, Ophelia & Rosencrantz

The largest pieces in this set are made up of 4 pieces of card. The media includes pencil, pastel, wine and Indian Ink. I did all seven over 2 days (coffee was an important factor). I would prefer to have all my pictures bespoke framed. I know good framing when I see it and have a friend who happens to be the worlds greatest framer. I'll cream pie anybody who says he's not. But time and cost prohibit this expense, for the most part (as I might have to frame 20 or so pictures), so I use standard store bought frames at this time for shows. It won't always be that way. I also urge collectors to have the work properly framed because the frames I use are for protection really. A good frame elevates even the greatest pictures.



In the detail above you can see how wine was used in the forehead. Initially a tint to add form, once dried I went over the area with pastel and noted this translucent 'berryness' added an immediate depth. It doesn't look like the actor John Poston but it does get close to the unhinged homicidal rage he demonstrates on stage, so it is in the spirit of the play that I saw and that's enough for me at this stage. As these sketches were being created very quickly this was exactly what I wanted. I also splashed wine all over the place. You can see a drop right there to one side of Hamlet.



Similarly Ophelia (played by Laura Baranik) and Rosencrantz (played by Jim HIgh) have been tinted, most obviously in Laura's pony tale.

There are two more performances of this play that you can catch, tonight and tomorrow and I would urge anyone who has time to make a night of it. But remember, whatever city you live in, there are unexpected delights to be found in many a theatre and on most nights. There are actors doing an incredible job, night after night, and at very little cost. Go to the theatre, it's real. Most movies suck anyway and TV sucks your soul straight out, eats your time and laughs and trades you ads the while. Replenish your soul, see a play. Shut it down, get out, go, RUN...GO NOW!!!

PIcture = 6000kc (£200 - $ 313 - Euro 230) To buy email - opipop@gmail.com

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
A Comedy by TOM STOPPARD
http://r-and-g-are-dead.bloodloverhetoric.com

Alfred ve Dvore, theater.
February 4th, 5th, 6th at 7.30pm

Presented by
Blood, Love and Rhetoric


Directed by Logan Hillier

Starring Matthew Blood-Smyth, Jim High, Logan Hillier, John Poston, Curt Matthews, Laura Baranik, Jeff Fritz and Beanna Lindeova
with Jan Kolar, Zuzanna Vesela, David Smejkal, Anna Ledvinka, Aneta Kolblova, Anna Vitkova and Petr Zelenka, Stanislav Benes,Emilia Diddams, Lucia Zlamalova, Vaclav Pinos