Post no.5* Flying head of Pierre de Wissant

7x10 in.

pencil on paper

2011 stephen bauman

1,300SEK/200USD

*I deeply appreciate Rodin's work. Making drawings of figurative sculpture is one of my most cherished activities, it's like watching the sculptor work. Following the forms, replicating the expression... it's really a more focused way to appreciate a sculpture that you love. Making it "fly," is what it is...

Post no.4* Study for Daedalus

9x12 in.
pencil on paper
2011 stephen bauman
1,500SEK/230USD SOLD

*I have been working with different versions of a composition for Daedalus. This is a more symbolic version, an cunning old man conceiving of way to escape. Imagining a kind of metamorphosis...

Post no.3* Pigeons

9x12 in.
pencil on paper
2011-stephen bauman
price-1,700SEK/275USD

*My sudio mate Andreas Birath painted a picture of this same stuffed pigeon. The one with it's wings spread, and refered to it as "a pigeon trying to be an eagle." I liked that.

Post no.2* From Jules Bastien-Lepage's Saison d'Octobre

bau
9x9 in.
pencil on paper
2011-stephen bauman
price-1,300SEK/200USD

*You can find out about Lepage here on his wikipedia page.