Lulu (2014) Magnet

Lulu This is the oil version of the prestudy in pastel of Lulu, silent movies actress and flapper girl from the 1920s - 1930s. Earlier in 2014 I did a first portrait of her, called ‘Lulu – 05-05-14’. On the photo I liked her eyebrows on different Heights and the ambivalent look in general. That is why these features called for my style of cubism. All My Color Skills Jan van Eyck’s motto was ‘Als Ich Kan’ (everything (or as) I can) and in this painting I employed all my skills with regard to color at that time. Next to tonal rhythyms I focused on the relations between colors because basically that is all what color is about. Color Relations One color is not a color but two have a relation. One can say about the other: I am cooler...