Artwork description:

This is an original oil painting on a gelatin silver print photograph by American artist Jerry De La Cruz (b 1948, Denver, CO). The image is 13.75” high by 10.75” wide. The work is matted in black museum board to a framing size of 20.75” high by 16.75” wide. The subject is a three-quarter length female portrait. It is a young woman with dark hair and eyes combined with light skin and delicate features. Most of the picture plane is overlaid with expressionistic brushstrokes, blacks under bright primaries. The background of the original photograph has also been painted with textures. In the midst of all this painted treatment, the model’s face is exposed in its original black and white photographic format. Her face is turned, her head is slightly tilted and her eyes are peering directly at the viewer. The palette is predominated in blacks with red, yellow and blue highlights. The work is titled “K.T. Uncovered,” referencing the initials of this model, one of the artist’s favorites. It is in pristine condition and signed front lower left by the artist. (The image of work framed is for sizing perspective only.)

Materials used:

Oil on mounted gelatin silver print

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