Performance as Vincent Van Gogh
De Young Museum, October 2010

Sunflowers
2010
Pigment and acrylic on canvas , 30″ x 36 “

The artworks shown on this page are all inspired by artist Vincent van Gogh and were created as part of my tableau vivant portrayal of van Gogh at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, October, 2010, in celebration of the exhibition Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay. I prepared these artworks in my studio using digital paint (Corel Painter software on a Macintosh computer with a Wacom graphics tablet), output on canvas which I then painted on with acrylic paint in performance.

Portrait of Joe Talmadge

2010

36 inches wide by 23 inches high, acrylic and pigment ink on canvas

Joe sits for his portrait as I paint him at the de Young Museum

In preparation for the tableau vivant performance I started working digitally from life inn my studio using Corel Painter and a Wacom Cintiq 21UX tablet.

Portrait of Al Honig

2011

29 inches x 34 inches, pigment and acrylic on canvas

This portrait, also created as part of my van Gogh tableau vivant performance, is of sculptor Al Honig . This de Young Museum’s Friday Night Cultural Encounter Soirées was celebrating the exhibition Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay. The photos that depict me painting Al are by Gil Rego, Jr., taken for the the SF Weekly, unless otherwise stated.

With the other Tableaux Vivants!

Myself as van Gogh, Dede Wilsey, President of the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Peggy as Berthe Morisot and John Buchanan, Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Mr. Buchanan sadly passed away on December 30, 2011. He achieved great things at the de Young and Legion of Honor Museums and made a significant contribution to the cultural richness of the San Francisco Bay Area. He will be sorely missed. Condolences to his family.