Red and Black Figured Amphorae is a piece that had a very long gestation period. I took the photo for this painting in the mid 80’s and then put it away until 2010 when I painted this painting. This painting is a bit of a play on words and color. Classical Greek pottery is classified as either red figured or black figured. Meaning that the figures are either painted in black with the background the color of the fired clay or visa versa. In this painting I have two figures, ancient musicians, from red figured vases on either side of a modern black musician, playing a red guitar, whose skin color is quite similar to the illustrated ancient figures
- Subject Matter: Figure Painting
- Collections: Mythological Sightings