Giselle

Oil and charcoal on gessoed paper on paper
Ready to Frame
Signed on Front
2019
One-of-a-kind
 x 0" d 23.5" h  x 18" w
1 lbs.
$2,600
Ships free

About this artwork

Part of Ryan's long-running series of portraits done in charcoal and oil paint on gold washed paper. Ryan enjoys pairing the fluidity and transparency of oil paint with the substance of charcoal. Much like the ballet of the same name, Giselle combines dramatic patterns with stoic expression, says Ryan. The figure wears an abstract dress of dripping circles, her hair in modernist angles. She looks intensely at the viewer, her slender frame elongated by her strong pose.