Burlesque, Brooklyn, Roller Derby and Realism. The Paintings of Curt Hoppe.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzHdg47-hKhAQZkLEBfKdFw5ZJzvObK4AxXYyNhEi3qmbfvqDEZK5kBVvBX_NtBgwuJnJNxb5wS1UA9GdL97wrVJaIMrqqtZ1LetrlTNNqGbDjm3ik3k3faF1SxVTu5NMxlJoX39r5pqY/s1600/DottiesBirthday.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648263747174261938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzHdg47-hKhAQZkLEBfKdFw5ZJzvObK4AxXYyNhEi3qmbfvqDEZK5kBVvBX_NtBgwuJnJNxb5wS1UA9GdL97wrVJaIMrqqtZ1LetrlTNNqGbDjm3ik3k3faF1SxVTu5NMxlJoX39r5pqY/s400/DottiesBirthday.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 615px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Dottie's Birthday, oil on linen,64" x 56"</span></span><br /><br />With a keen eye for composition, a deft hand for realism, and an inherent knack for finding interesting subject matter, painter Curt Hoppe immortalizes his surroundings, people and objects in an impressive and aesthetically captivating style with acrylic and oil paints on canvas and linen.<br /><br />Hot Copy:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2rzY8wBeTqsyIjk4VFZ6zsl74DllmPi2UiuZr_FtFVGCtrdyz5MUG92jWmBgr3imJg-fQPL2lKTXV5DJh089gDjmIpq_G9LwqnfXSf247IXnM-7dLFDSKWVXepml2ZWXLqCyUxP69q_U/s1600/HotCopy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648271582648846946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2rzY8wBeTqsyIjk4VFZ6zsl74DllmPi2UiuZr_FtFVGCtrdyz5MUG92jWmBgr3imJg-fQPL2lKTXV5DJh089gDjmIpq_G9LwqnfXSf247IXnM-7dLFDSKWVXepml2ZWXLqCyUxP69q_U/s400/HotCopy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 347px;" /></a><br />The Hustler, Money Shot:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvWahTPRompeyVA_pfKrkBrcqy2sYaHN3YUdHPvqYd0kNRrNiXUGNfGQ2kSv64P-6maLmjMx8xjiyt_wNBpLavlyR6G8wzmcWji48-BMbx3PnuQSDhi8Px7U883yrWefySactYX_QhI86/s1600/The_Hustler_Money_Shot.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648273343981208866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvWahTPRompeyVA_pfKrkBrcqy2sYaHN3YUdHPvqYd0kNRrNiXUGNfGQ2kSv64P-6maLmjMx8xjiyt_wNBpLavlyR6G8wzmcWji48-BMbx3PnuQSDhi8Px7U883yrWefySactYX_QhI86/s400/The_Hustler_Money_Shot.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 309px;" /></a><br />Sunbather:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeB2IWMX053ucFtb0VYydUH8nT_Nfu8ouhBapLskiMTHdeMtMsAbQ3sNjAlLymBG5wpxeq1uMtdSitdgnVpPTWI9OGaovdVNYB1Rtn2iDTkZqOgbBnJGi-1VMI-LARrJCugVTiwU8LNxU2/s1600/Hoppe_SunBather.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648267520760930578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeB2IWMX053ucFtb0VYydUH8nT_Nfu8ouhBapLskiMTHdeMtMsAbQ3sNjAlLymBG5wpxeq1uMtdSitdgnVpPTWI9OGaovdVNYB1Rtn2iDTkZqOgbBnJGi-1VMI-LARrJCugVTiwU8LNxU2/s400/Hoppe_SunBather.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 428px;" /></a><br /><br />Born and raised in Minnesota, the 61 year old New York based painter is also a talented photographer and sculptor. Citing pop culture, Madison Avenue and politics and some of his influences, he is moved by his obsession at the moment and his environment.*<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfX50bryimsOZBZyBsosaMQ-AYpajnDYPTbG-1K-Clj8Az9A2x5NeOU485diND77G9WcFTRg_iEFyIdQ7DF_NL6QLxtMUFF3IE_Tl200GknDHn58H41JrjAbpCWEBgsLNAwQTV4y9zAlsu/s1600/Curt_Hoppe_at_Sams_Restaurant_East_Hampton.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648270492341469026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfX50bryimsOZBZyBsosaMQ-AYpajnDYPTbG-1K-Clj8Az9A2x5NeOU485diND77G9WcFTRg_iEFyIdQ7DF_NL6QLxtMUFF3IE_Tl200GknDHn58H41JrjAbpCWEBgsLNAwQTV4y9zAlsu/s400/Curt_Hoppe_at_Sams_Restaurant_East_Hampton.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 268px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUU5hSiK9ALyXQRLif3cO0ms4QtjQUebQlPXDNznEJRvcoUYJVE6_6mIBIHj52zCyZzKJ6Bw0Ni0sWVD6HhLPFohMjlWseDjKnn9SvqdOjWIRIeCJXcKtXb2t3IvnxND6VLhll4oQAQf0/s1600/Little_Italy_1975_Holding_the_John_Jovino_Gun_001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648270862548984978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUU5hSiK9ALyXQRLif3cO0ms4QtjQUebQlPXDNznEJRvcoUYJVE6_6mIBIHj52zCyZzKJ6Bw0Ni0sWVD6HhLPFohMjlWseDjKnn9SvqdOjWIRIeCJXcKtXb2t3IvnxND6VLhll4oQAQf0/s400/Little_Italy_1975_Holding_the_John_Jovino_Gun_001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 266px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above left: the artist sits under a painting of his in Sam's Restaurant, East Hampton and above right; striking a pose (on the far left) under the John Jovino Gun store in 1975</span></span><br /><br />Roller Derby Queens, the Hamptons, Burlesque, the Punk music scene, New York restaurants and portraits are amongst his intriguing repertoire. Here are just a few of my favorite paintings of his.<br /><br />John Gotti on Mulberry Street:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2youE_jGZPVsR2yoE4WNTVeY1jdrmi3Ey1-58Kd817HyGzL1VdtvBRapZQjbl4gNQTzITIZ41vOanEfbojiiBEbbpAgrGdB4GiPL9gwAWA708VYa1r_g_fLDrEq-WTHwCMSYht3SQJ_nc/s1600/John_Gotti_On-Mullberry_Street+jpg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648266892296070818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2youE_jGZPVsR2yoE4WNTVeY1jdrmi3Ey1-58Kd817HyGzL1VdtvBRapZQjbl4gNQTzITIZ41vOanEfbojiiBEbbpAgrGdB4GiPL9gwAWA708VYa1r_g_fLDrEq-WTHwCMSYht3SQJ_nc/s400/John_Gotti_On-Mullberry_Street+jpg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 334px;" /></a><br />Luna Restuarant, Mulberry Street, New York<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6khdaTDlACzLUlvO_Q5ipHRpgrdwUkwMWhfKwEEE8cE6zsvSDdq3VaQ1ts1CPERHhcn-8QI093cntIOHtmbPhUw-rQK-JpYHDkxNYsQ1ibQm2H7GP4QwIVBtEyeKU0vwA3zE9DAD2QssI/s1600/Luna_Restaurant_Mulberry_Street_New_York.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648261509036068626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6khdaTDlACzLUlvO_Q5ipHRpgrdwUkwMWhfKwEEE8cE6zsvSDdq3VaQ1ts1CPERHhcn-8QI093cntIOHtmbPhUw-rQK-JpYHDkxNYsQ1ibQm2H7GP4QwIVBtEyeKU0vwA3zE9DAD2QssI/s400/Luna_Restaurant_Mulberry_Street_New_York.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 340px;" /></a><br />Yonak Shimmel Knish Bakery, New York:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKetlJfH0jXcy__6743FXHGCMD-IE2SWzfOOe1gcy4VvZPi2AsbaSrvZa2E_7aBwriUsJxDW1nBCN7Xp41Kj4u6NW7tfOTo11EkSHiRtq_-uWy1DFS7bmjQ6gP8rjvWeBEjos6tWtnjEh/s1600/Yonak_Shimmel_Knish_Bakery_New_York.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648260718381597378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKetlJfH0jXcy__6743FXHGCMD-IE2SWzfOOe1gcy4VvZPi2AsbaSrvZa2E_7aBwriUsJxDW1nBCN7Xp41Kj4u6NW7tfOTo11EkSHiRtq_-uWy1DFS7bmjQ6gP8rjvWeBEjos6tWtnjEh/s400/Yonak_Shimmel_Knish_Bakery_New_York.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 503px;" /></a><br />Sip n' Soda, South Hampton:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4jUkMdGLy6TXoD3-P1hUCdGTntASLnDCEh8Lni5bQoeZZIeQZPeIQuGSsOif21UoyPlD_bVqgoqJop6F3xfQ5jCWR7iRtqvfrkWdTyMDF6KmlHukiQ37St0Il4lv5xj6xjMpC18cBbAW/s1600/Sip_n_Soda_Southhampton.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648264711764072594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4jUkMdGLy6TXoD3-P1hUCdGTntASLnDCEh8Lni5bQoeZZIeQZPeIQuGSsOif21UoyPlD_bVqgoqJop6F3xfQ5jCWR7iRtqvfrkWdTyMDF6KmlHukiQ37St0Il4lv5xj6xjMpC18cBbAW/s400/Sip_n_Soda_Southhampton.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 351px;" /></a><br />John Jovino, Firearms on Baxter Street:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJnMCKuTTB_0AiTmQz-QNZkC1EBM2nDEKItShf2IYRYAhZn0VyHDuH4RaiSjPMPmkcePnOCrI9Yj_Aldaz0m3tsuGt0dm1uJkC41O_aiQmJhXE8pGQZ3yyo4p3uE3p8dsrlft0sr4I-vb/s1600/John_Jovino_Firearms_On_Baxter_St.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648265388261601474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJnMCKuTTB_0AiTmQz-QNZkC1EBM2nDEKItShf2IYRYAhZn0VyHDuH4RaiSjPMPmkcePnOCrI9Yj_Aldaz0m3tsuGt0dm1uJkC41O_aiQmJhXE8pGQZ3yyo4p3uE3p8dsrlft0sr4I-vb/s400/John_Jovino_Firearms_On_Baxter_St.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 432px;" /></a><br />Grotta Azzura, Little Italy:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpU-XMSiYM7rstd_IFXHDrhfS1uCBLE_uL6YKaf5UI0ERWJaN0r_9JyWhr2voiw5PyRzUHXS8cJiILZ4oAY_Vc47bWy_VIB1SwkJYxpTu49LAku7yPdGETFPMdR8gJqY-ssSBm4AGSTfj/s1600/Grotta_Azzura_Lttle_Italy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648265237476018066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPpU-XMSiYM7rstd_IFXHDrhfS1uCBLE_uL6YKaf5UI0ERWJaN0r_9JyWhr2voiw5PyRzUHXS8cJiILZ4oAY_Vc47bWy_VIB1SwkJYxpTu49LAku7yPdGETFPMdR8gJqY-ssSBm4AGSTfj/s400/Grotta_Azzura_Lttle_Italy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 403px; height: 403px;" /></a><br />Dottie:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqLX71xd25eA_wH5v2-ZiwxVk-Hi8mo9ouUzjYI1fbb6Y42obuqUggfVqFoaOK2PtLMHv-09fxfBO9DUjD28cA8Ud_J4a92hvu2KM8gm4E6gAgij2LuEfy8VD9yI8p9gsxVoS1IGCuNhU/s1600/Dottie.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648263550803929554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqLX71xd25eA_wH5v2-ZiwxVk-Hi8mo9ouUzjYI1fbb6Y42obuqUggfVqFoaOK2PtLMHv-09fxfBO9DUjD28cA8Ud_J4a92hvu2KM8gm4E6gAgij2LuEfy8VD9yI8p9gsxVoS1IGCuNhU/s400/Dottie.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 714px;" /></a><br />Coney Island Fire Eater:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfv3-MBjbhsLLoev6qytL_iscnyrPsrsxXeHgO2HNCJwTQxDujy9DtIXbOyclYm542JULLs1XxNZu-RFzvRdBwCRYm-XSuUo608ekU750hc8YzfObtbkSyEhrLaIcIBfVHUU8u08NsmKQO/s1600/Coney_Island%2529Fire_Eater.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648279332311076482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfv3-MBjbhsLLoev6qytL_iscnyrPsrsxXeHgO2HNCJwTQxDujy9DtIXbOyclYm542JULLs1XxNZu-RFzvRdBwCRYm-XSuUo608ekU750hc8YzfObtbkSyEhrLaIcIBfVHUU8u08NsmKQO/s400/Coney_Island%2529Fire_Eater.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 353px;" /></a><br />Baby Ruthless:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIBSuJstEj0s2K2Kj5SuHEEjYTc_2jo_q2teRulCxYnGsDMtJkdxmbA5pKS3dFRBnwGpUWDNDYUnn7-krWNbu3NhrmMWcbxubddCXHK-TjOUxXqSQ76ESB_x0rGnQ2JsLb_fbS_EeQgqL/s1600/BabyRuthlesspainting1small_copy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648262385920452290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIBSuJstEj0s2K2Kj5SuHEEjYTc_2jo_q2teRulCxYnGsDMtJkdxmbA5pKS3dFRBnwGpUWDNDYUnn7-krWNbu3NhrmMWcbxubddCXHK-TjOUxXqSQ76ESB_x0rGnQ2JsLb_fbS_EeQgqL/s400/BabyRuthlesspainting1small_copy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 396px;" /></a><br />Lux Alptram (aka Joey Hardcore XXX) Gotham Girl Queens of Pain:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIy_K6Vkbf_MWeck-mHbyH1xa_h5fcg5isQRze-QNbqJQG9U6I9KowPm-hdhwy7lTZOxw-LonqRfGOEbr-2Y1sRL0jUCe6q_ojL17hw4YT3kR8rlAQOwShVfiNUeRPvbXe5tq7GNVZfI2/s1600/Lux_Alptraum_AKA_Joey_Hardcore_XXX_Gotham_Girl_Queens_Of_Pain.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648261204246074482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIy_K6Vkbf_MWeck-mHbyH1xa_h5fcg5isQRze-QNbqJQG9U6I9KowPm-hdhwy7lTZOxw-LonqRfGOEbr-2Y1sRL0jUCe6q_ojL17hw4YT3kR8rlAQOwShVfiNUeRPvbXe5tq7GNVZfI2/s400/Lux_Alptraum_AKA_Joey_Hardcore_XXX_Gotham_Girl_Queens_Of_Pain.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 391px;" /></a><br />Sugar Smack Gotham Girls:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYGWGhOVJj7DkAdJzIAnvyPaYvpKnmyJ9V_NnPViwYlI510CWmekPprMXT4uPPisWpRufZJ1aYXNQG90haLoP2b8gMKkgNQcp2j1R7kiGGewgA3d_kFM7g8RFYEgujtV6ZYikf7vK7Q8b/s1600/Sugar_Smacks_Gotham_Girls.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648261039105816482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKYGWGhOVJj7DkAdJzIAnvyPaYvpKnmyJ9V_NnPViwYlI510CWmekPprMXT4uPPisWpRufZJ1aYXNQG90haLoP2b8gMKkgNQcp2j1R7kiGGewgA3d_kFM7g8RFYEgujtV6ZYikf7vK7Q8b/s400/Sugar_Smacks_Gotham_Girls.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 715px;" /></a><br />Suzy Hot Rod Changes Wheels:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViUpq2Uc3zAj_y2867fzq8rIkCEpJ_D0D4JRZ54fhmn0esPUkcrefPC2hBxSBditMxe3aGl9wtyg6SHPBHrf347ob4XniEXCwQXpx5x_eNveZfQJs467U0UmgvIuRg57jFkHMDUsmcyi3/s1600/SuzyHotrodChangesWheels.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648260878956611122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViUpq2Uc3zAj_y2867fzq8rIkCEpJ_D0D4JRZ54fhmn0esPUkcrefPC2hBxSBditMxe3aGl9wtyg6SHPBHrf347ob4XniEXCwQXpx5x_eNveZfQJs467U0UmgvIuRg57jFkHMDUsmcyi3/s400/SuzyHotrodChangesWheels.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 411px;" /></a><br />Suzy Hotrod:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4w-CH86dH1TYWKDU1aTpZPqr_PWHB9IBNLNJODpD9p6mktqT_K691Cee2INAIYMtPd9a64jTun4Mkhj7MDSs3hVxNBfqw9dtNQDccoxMF0OJJUOFiEUXnO5zRTg2iu3NP4K53imz4CFle/s1600/Curt_Hoppe_Suzy_Hotrod.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648263277642646466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4w-CH86dH1TYWKDU1aTpZPqr_PWHB9IBNLNJODpD9p6mktqT_K691Cee2INAIYMtPd9a64jTun4Mkhj7MDSs3hVxNBfqw9dtNQDccoxMF0OJJUOFiEUXnO5zRTg2iu3NP4K53imz4CFle/s400/Curt_Hoppe_Suzy_Hotrod.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 351px;" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span> Italian American:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDO4e-pbukTHKyg3sXpzRLcuQmILHha7WtcIuMWbgruF76IclFGlCwn8MByFeiZFxGAA2srIOxwyCYgAyU-SQsITNtNirOotc-oPIKZZLgnkIQaxXnaeUb5K_kBjWU1-StwJ7ujOB_GaD0/s1600/italian_american001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648266251915298098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDO4e-pbukTHKyg3sXpzRLcuQmILHha7WtcIuMWbgruF76IclFGlCwn8MByFeiZFxGAA2srIOxwyCYgAyU-SQsITNtNirOotc-oPIKZZLgnkIQaxXnaeUb5K_kBjWU1-StwJ7ujOB_GaD0/s400/italian_american001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 452px;" /></a><br />Eye Opener:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEild_7NTI5sVxNd9GbLCSnQFlTUfwET6ri_zfeyu0UnzoPLz_S0vCExHTSjTfpcqG22rdtrqbPmJjQl98ruP7RcBBfunXIS8K5g9hx3-O-HSyhv3AB3TjOu6nDLGAsYR-AzbD0a4jXiKf-U/s1600/Eye_Opener.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648264478980452418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEild_7NTI5sVxNd9GbLCSnQFlTUfwET6ri_zfeyu0UnzoPLz_S0vCExHTSjTfpcqG22rdtrqbPmJjQl98ruP7RcBBfunXIS8K5g9hx3-O-HSyhv3AB3TjOu6nDLGAsYR-AzbD0a4jXiKf-U/s400/Eye_Opener.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 326px;" /></a><br />You Wish:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFJvy-1zb992fk284uAUV_hm7Cqsy_KYEanT0B1DydOrEIIms7cxJNbCbNnqWpBH7Mlf5cr9OyHU45bA9F-3uw9ewyIo-u6gj5vHuKxF4P_kLvAGQ3SKWQoxyZr05-pqoj2npTpZoWsVz/s1600/You_Wish.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648260591144747042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFJvy-1zb992fk284uAUV_hm7Cqsy_KYEanT0B1DydOrEIIms7cxJNbCbNnqWpBH7Mlf5cr9OyHU45bA9F-3uw9ewyIo-u6gj5vHuKxF4P_kLvAGQ3SKWQoxyZr05-pqoj2npTpZoWsVz/s400/You_Wish.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 258px;" /></a><br />Lou's Game:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQN6-0tXbscgsYAp_oJOi0cZ8HbI5FxPpSHYtpXHFZMkAd-lWU3qzYHJbe6ZHyYXUaNADQWk2zmlao-onCEANt3Xv6V9urcHMdCUnhdaMhODXGwG5nEoUBWYCNnbwrFQqF9Nt74LkL7s4/s1600/Lous_Game_5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648273252196629970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQN6-0tXbscgsYAp_oJOi0cZ8HbI5FxPpSHYtpXHFZMkAd-lWU3qzYHJbe6ZHyYXUaNADQWk2zmlao-onCEANt3Xv6V9urcHMdCUnhdaMhODXGwG5nEoUBWYCNnbwrFQqF9Nt74LkL7s4/s400/Lous_Game_5.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 345px;" /></a><br />High Heels:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOc7qra7SJZXDz7jNtLxUodQ4mhrW7Asl-Iva-AxE8A8Av6yD18zmvkb8mkxFmVhVKZZ055Mh6xN2xqRiDzbcPrTvJwr0R-iUXgExIZXWMb2fj0OBFJo0VDQCZj61giMkoA4hwVZDPB3y/s1600/High_Heels.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648268218718987042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOc7qra7SJZXDz7jNtLxUodQ4mhrW7Asl-Iva-AxE8A8Av6yD18zmvkb8mkxFmVhVKZZ055Mh6xN2xqRiDzbcPrTvJwr0R-iUXgExIZXWMb2fj0OBFJo0VDQCZj61giMkoA4hwVZDPB3y/s400/High_Heels.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 369px;" /></a><br />High Heels (in Curt's studio):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kqFyBKIH01laMHuq9M3tB71zDj-WJM-lw7ST3hz2mp2lCsG_Q980ODgqumtfZvMXapaS7T0eC2iPgvF59uR9Xwhe6PfvjKYXldudzIDi6CXY6T6P3VqBDEFCsiYc4QRAbvX5sFfkN1ge/s1600/StudioHighHeels.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648267672772940226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kqFyBKIH01laMHuq9M3tB71zDj-WJM-lw7ST3hz2mp2lCsG_Q980ODgqumtfZvMXapaS7T0eC2iPgvF59uR9Xwhe6PfvjKYXldudzIDi6CXY6T6P3VqBDEFCsiYc4QRAbvX5sFfkN1ge/s400/StudioHighHeels.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 351px;" /></a><br />Gal Friday in Curt's studio:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISIovAgLRmStibx5eekOSnfb1jwcoXCxkFTriNeZdXhb0L19FYHNv_OyBWtbaLHira4qVVPbqkrFxg5UQo3HzxdcTsBg-wNxv5T5ZYeRkAod6GzJm5quvzSWGowBhwkAKpPRDwzxK-wD0/s1600/GalFridayStudio.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648267326652204018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISIovAgLRmStibx5eekOSnfb1jwcoXCxkFTriNeZdXhb0L19FYHNv_OyBWtbaLHira4qVVPbqkrFxg5UQo3HzxdcTsBg-wNxv5T5ZYeRkAod6GzJm5quvzSWGowBhwkAKpPRDwzxK-wD0/s400/GalFridayStudio.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 417px;" /></a><br /><br />Recent work of Curt's shows the subjects standing in front of their portraits:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X50N5zYyxdqcNcTOyinp0xJE-CsVFD8OMv-J-406Ccmq44BxgTT7ZpXJ458BdbZ71dSqfFVmIXjo1Xym1lWNxi_BISrSHAeepn2Q2Hd3FtMR47dJcnANCgiZxr5IzGTHWpwZNiiXrv9F/s1600/Clayton_Patterson_Arturo_Vega_Kurt_Thometz.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648275639412688834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5X50N5zYyxdqcNcTOyinp0xJE-CsVFD8OMv-J-406Ccmq44BxgTT7ZpXJ458BdbZ71dSqfFVmIXjo1Xym1lWNxi_BISrSHAeepn2Q2Hd3FtMR47dJcnANCgiZxr5IzGTHWpwZNiiXrv9F/s400/Clayton_Patterson_Arturo_Vega_Kurt_Thometz.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Clayton Patterson, acrylic on canvas 96" x 70", 2010-11 / Arturo Vega, acrylic on canvas 96" x 70", 2010 / Kurt Thometz, acrylic on Canvas 96" x 70", 2011</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZ9tkHP3ihCIFwxXY7UleyydDtZ2rpWWxL5QZNufzeJeVfYPEXIHTK56qThBZ1KN-tnR3P5QuKSZ4VAf-3iFvXU2X7wk9VC7SKxdxA1GipyYI3N7I845zbEKOv4-UjudZWYIGLRm7NLqD/s1600/clayton+Patterson.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648277720206602626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZ9tkHP3ihCIFwxXY7UleyydDtZ2rpWWxL5QZNufzeJeVfYPEXIHTK56qThBZ1KN-tnR3P5QuKSZ4VAf-3iFvXU2X7wk9VC7SKxdxA1GipyYI3N7I845zbEKOv4-UjudZWYIGLRm7NLqD/s400/clayton+Patterson.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 580px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMj99Li4aYoDWIYB2GAzt_pigO9lv-hKr2K1MC9kLkFco7dW4B4xORLq5TnPMn3QcYU49x3cLDsfTRmVqfUoYgWQPA00o4T3DWD5g_oqwjnXjxORi6plrRH2fOXFSMMOrKCVDVURPmA73/s1600/Arturo+Vega.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648277858305519538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMj99Li4aYoDWIYB2GAzt_pigO9lv-hKr2K1MC9kLkFco7dW4B4xORLq5TnPMn3QcYU49x3cLDsfTRmVqfUoYgWQPA00o4T3DWD5g_oqwjnXjxORi6plrRH2fOXFSMMOrKCVDVURPmA73/s400/Arturo+Vega.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 579px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8L6dm7CDNqR5UnGHMOGGbBh-lpfnh54jfnBZXUqiXELkrce7xSF80EH7OyF_2eTfzh8-Qq98eEAQQ2zSESb074O7uop8g1JwTGadsPvHB7BYk0JS-ULNoxe4KjXxM8iFZNIQ5QslTJIu/s1600/Kurt+Thometz.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648278073521535586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL8L6dm7CDNqR5UnGHMOGGbBh-lpfnh54jfnBZXUqiXELkrce7xSF80EH7OyF_2eTfzh8-Qq98eEAQQ2zSESb074O7uop8g1JwTGadsPvHB7BYk0JS-ULNoxe4KjXxM8iFZNIQ5QslTJIu/s400/Kurt+Thometz.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 583px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://ladylambandpopsy.blogsome.com/2007/06/28/interview-with-curt-hoppe/" style="font-style: italic;">* 2007 interview with Curt Hoppe</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A recent interview with Curt Hoppe:</span><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fqP-sUzpL9w?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="389" width="530"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">all paintings and images were used with the express permission of the artist, please do not reproduce - but feel free to share the link!</span><br /><br /><a href="http://curthoppe.com/">Curt Hoppe</a><br />98 Bowery 4th Fl.<br />New York, NY 10013

Burlesque, Brooklyn, Roller Derby and Realism. The Paintings of Curt Hoppe.

above: Dottie's Birthday, oil on linen,64" x 56" With a keen eye for composition, a deft hand for realism, and an inherent kna...

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One Subject. One Dress. A Bunch of Fabulous Paintings By Erin Cone.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_8GnSqqhFYYr9ORYonc-7OkNDMOYVcdgG2NsoacGpEj95xG6_f4TRxG6yXY1tbntluLn35_IeVOp9sh85b9ejqT4A36tICDG4agwqEtmLEAcxCSjxkKqLrUGCsdBlRLATn9wW3Xel9I/s1600/evade.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635628659835009506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_8GnSqqhFYYr9ORYonc-7OkNDMOYVcdgG2NsoacGpEj95xG6_f4TRxG6yXY1tbntluLn35_IeVOp9sh85b9ejqT4A36tICDG4agwqEtmLEAcxCSjxkKqLrUGCsdBlRLATn9wW3Xel9I/s400/evade.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 593px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Erin Cone, Evade, 2011, acrylic, 40" x 36"</span></span><br /><br />Texas born artist Erin Cone was named one of Southwest Art Magazine's "21 under 31" to watch in 2003. Since then she has had numerous individual and group shows at galleries all over the United States. Currently showing at San Francisco's <a href="http://www.hespe.com/">Hespe Gallery</a> and having just participated in a group show, In Portrait, at the <a href="http://www.blankspaceart.com/index.htm">Blank Space Gallery</a> in New York, Erin's latest works continue her bold take on contemporary figurative realism.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reminisce:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlpNIIrDErV0ZD8OFd084g8rFctSnFlQq6Lu0AfNBI1hFpLrl7FD4TXUo3ucoN-_1KeYN8XCN8xnIM5gCcjhHQAbGbaKWZayhGxSOt6VkLT3lrf7UU5Vw4CLY27Q5hpN9IV0Oh_kyyPU/s1600/reminisce.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635628174537007794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlpNIIrDErV0ZD8OFd084g8rFctSnFlQq6Lu0AfNBI1hFpLrl7FD4TXUo3ucoN-_1KeYN8XCN8xnIM5gCcjhHQAbGbaKWZayhGxSOt6VkLT3lrf7UU5Vw4CLY27Q5hpN9IV0Oh_kyyPU/s400/reminisce.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 567px;" /></a><br /><br />Looking a bit like a cross between mannequins and photo-shop filtered images, her latest acrylic paintings, clearly self-portraits, avoid direct confrontation with the viewer in almost all instances, like one of my favorite water-colorists, <a href="http://www.alicavanaugh.com/">Ali Cavanaugh</a>. This is more prevalent in her work since 2009 - in many her earlier works, specifically in <a href="http://www.erincone.com/2005.php">2005</a>, she confronted the viewer with an almost expressionless gaze.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX8kj4urm8nI6Xoe-JqSZ7lmB3B_7qVnPP5exH986jw4mSre50U6ldBzKXDo-of_w15vDo2gjs_lQz-aBVTJZ-7CJ_RUiFoAfLraXiUuCmY2lkyVK1UywP4GoWpnNbABSN3uiH4eafBM/s1600/underwater.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635644973773534274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPX8kj4urm8nI6Xoe-JqSZ7lmB3B_7qVnPP5exH986jw4mSre50U6ldBzKXDo-of_w15vDo2gjs_lQz-aBVTJZ-7CJ_RUiFoAfLraXiUuCmY2lkyVK1UywP4GoWpnNbABSN3uiH4eafBM/s400/underwater.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 490px;" /></a><br />a<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">bove: Erin Cone, Underwater, 2005, acrylic, 24" x 26"</span></span><br /><br />In her recent works, she continues to use flat bold colors and geometric shapes to make up the backgrounds, setting off the figure's red dress, which is featured in 15 of the paintings shown in this post. In some cases, small rectangles are represented by negative space as in the case of <span style="font-style: italic;">Repartee 1</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Repartee 2</span> and in others, small rectangles of color are added as in <span style="font-style: italic;">Allude, Debutante</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Assemblage</span>. Still in others, the dress or background is faceted into a series of rectangles, playing up the multiple planes of color.<br /><br />Here's a look at many of her 2011 pieces.<br /><br />Repose:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cmrwVAiojz6bK4kyj4pLBSaexsNtz8HJaG5bFYqmLlWM765ReVu0zfKdVK38mLFwgkV98VX9eWyKYpqjeG1YwmBUoC6ypuOdo0QDpSDsQLqAOZgJPqspmgrxFYYWmaud6ajcvRNpeHs/s1600/repose2011.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635628004108539986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7cmrwVAiojz6bK4kyj4pLBSaexsNtz8HJaG5bFYqmLlWM765ReVu0zfKdVK38mLFwgkV98VX9eWyKYpqjeG1YwmBUoC6ypuOdo0QDpSDsQLqAOZgJPqspmgrxFYYWmaud6ajcvRNpeHs/s400/repose2011.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 426px;" /></a><br />Discourse 1:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29w_orlFJzHfYMH4HhhaorXSchoBScrI5-l0J41Qp7Oytiw29oFF1fk4UjhlRUfqjD9KmgAAnzq6H_7sTUBZ8b7pBLHlS7GQbc5MgbJxWjdUxFJsRxS8ar0z-1wZZbQnAyMfYrfwR1Cw/s1600/discourse1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635637328969415090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29w_orlFJzHfYMH4HhhaorXSchoBScrI5-l0J41Qp7Oytiw29oFF1fk4UjhlRUfqjD9KmgAAnzq6H_7sTUBZ8b7pBLHlS7GQbc5MgbJxWjdUxFJsRxS8ar0z-1wZZbQnAyMfYrfwR1Cw/s400/discourse1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 530px;" /></a><br />Discourse 2:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQLb5X8ecV5RoFhaqY7zh7mKbc1RJEM0LhBLbPI4sO8AEIWdjDKzrAlSSMxEpcjDx3RQx-B6UC3FPzZoavpt6Rv1tpDllBtxz_q6vlF6OZ-lNd_mggOUpCtMuVxihTUjipwzuUCU288c/s1600/discourse2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635628298474432290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQLb5X8ecV5RoFhaqY7zh7mKbc1RJEM0LhBLbPI4sO8AEIWdjDKzrAlSSMxEpcjDx3RQx-B6UC3FPzZoavpt6Rv1tpDllBtxz_q6vlF6OZ-lNd_mggOUpCtMuVxihTUjipwzuUCU288c/s400/discourse2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 531px;" /></a><br />Debutante:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWSQMfSZ_8sgOBQ0cPCSvkvDxFQrGA3RGDG3xBSNfcvfDzFLks_vjDsIAgL9v75sC_Q-TkRxR9d27fEgl_B5-T1T_RlkYUikhQuCqANzsuEMWsun60TjBjiv5HUSrG2pgWWsAmORqq2Q/s1600/debutante.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635629259159957858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWSQMfSZ_8sgOBQ0cPCSvkvDxFQrGA3RGDG3xBSNfcvfDzFLks_vjDsIAgL9v75sC_Q-TkRxR9d27fEgl_B5-T1T_RlkYUikhQuCqANzsuEMWsun60TjBjiv5HUSrG2pgWWsAmORqq2Q/s400/debutante.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 310px;" /></a><br />Charade:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPf8APD5nAgm5_TGhxQFdVukCdOyp12kxv6Db0pWIk5B0SN26Mo3DEkLiS5oQ3w2GlF4IGNX50zpXKC1aBqNRDQk62N-D-xa43wgjN4RWuMQQg-Fb44h7OcLKb7k6vshBLWZdk-VfmQ2E/s1600/Erin_Cone_Charade_1780_391.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635629456240349394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPf8APD5nAgm5_TGhxQFdVukCdOyp12kxv6Db0pWIk5B0SN26Mo3DEkLiS5oQ3w2GlF4IGNX50zpXKC1aBqNRDQk62N-D-xa43wgjN4RWuMQQg-Fb44h7OcLKb7k6vshBLWZdk-VfmQ2E/s400/Erin_Cone_Charade_1780_391.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 399px;" /></a><br />repartee 1:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SQND_xVZw_H3w4BEMitqc_Fuzc5KZOJWNBYd6-SFW-32EVmIoh_XJYgZjW6Rub4p0jySILIgtotu2zefKbclYFjTV7-Y1Kvjlp1UrxSjXbhnRnNf6K8qRoigGlfYQkmjzIOB1nsQkuU/s1600/repartee1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635637619883204354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5SQND_xVZw_H3w4BEMitqc_Fuzc5KZOJWNBYd6-SFW-32EVmIoh_XJYgZjW6Rub4p0jySILIgtotu2zefKbclYFjTV7-Y1Kvjlp1UrxSjXbhnRnNf6K8qRoigGlfYQkmjzIOB1nsQkuU/s400/repartee1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 527px;" /></a><br />Repartee 2:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYxmB8VBH7-qUuLQ0tQJZP8cMTmATsPNaItm38BaFerqcYxXhI46F2HWhB6mYxt-eAib9CbnO8TdeMwhUhEQi-IAUwRKay-EtsUB3B25WiznWSg-gtBhV4j1IILonEXwGhYoMmjov448/s1600/repartee2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635628091649746258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYxmB8VBH7-qUuLQ0tQJZP8cMTmATsPNaItm38BaFerqcYxXhI46F2HWhB6mYxt-eAib9CbnO8TdeMwhUhEQi-IAUwRKay-EtsUB3B25WiznWSg-gtBhV4j1IILonEXwGhYoMmjov448/s400/repartee2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 529px;" /></a><br />Adieu:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVQ_jBGQZqO8zqQo5akybr3Ch6ZgwoIh_P06fWvPnS1GIfXBymngNkND520rIrH8SFgJo0Ybi6n_xgK-NxNTolnF_Wuosu4FUY_qboQ0_Aku3q3XrMoUOCwK_GcCDEkIBthetbndkzJU/s1600/adieu.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635628883998316370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVQ_jBGQZqO8zqQo5akybr3Ch6ZgwoIh_P06fWvPnS1GIfXBymngNkND520rIrH8SFgJo0Ybi6n_xgK-NxNTolnF_Wuosu4FUY_qboQ0_Aku3q3XrMoUOCwK_GcCDEkIBthetbndkzJU/s400/adieu.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 445px;" /></a><br />Allude:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKzjqvUbNKb11KQ4tq_sAUJpZVHX8wLevzUz0Az20cYjNLVjvGS2j736NVcqJfvXOFIgr3HVpiBQ2PzC2vbg6UXXMrPgY72OJ5jOb5fj57BWWnIhbM0AaC0bvZbt3Yx9ddTkhv1BBjko/s1600/allude.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635628828768768770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKzjqvUbNKb11KQ4tq_sAUJpZVHX8wLevzUz0Az20cYjNLVjvGS2j736NVcqJfvXOFIgr3HVpiBQ2PzC2vbg6UXXMrPgY72OJ5jOb5fj57BWWnIhbM0AaC0bvZbt3Yx9ddTkhv1BBjko/s400/allude.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 527px;" /></a><br />Assemblage:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ0Z2fD_arLYdrk2MHuKtVcoUVeo-utUnpUVVmVQtHHmkUXCs2HfWxxV-jowBsGhtax97peBbdhWus_yIGfi6Q_ka_iBKM2MnZY7AxRIZaUD9fri47BDMW0PA6cW_ZwcIbp9BsjrwVo4/s1600/assemblage.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635629111571346018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ0Z2fD_arLYdrk2MHuKtVcoUVeo-utUnpUVVmVQtHHmkUXCs2HfWxxV-jowBsGhtax97peBbdhWus_yIGfi6Q_ka_iBKM2MnZY7AxRIZaUD9fri47BDMW0PA6cW_ZwcIbp9BsjrwVo4/s400/assemblage.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 527px;" /></a><br />Rouge:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4C40G3AKo_Rm-TB4SEMKxK_MNYpIK4pKyLZqUWJZW-dRueljibIEdRoJ_kL3GKtdOJvJLRcAbRsTglF6gWHWiDl0_YP07zYtUtzL-saxaq6DT_lrg44EqV4XNFIcjhpALS4R357OlL0/s1600/rouge.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635627938841013602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4C40G3AKo_Rm-TB4SEMKxK_MNYpIK4pKyLZqUWJZW-dRueljibIEdRoJ_kL3GKtdOJvJLRcAbRsTglF6gWHWiDl0_YP07zYtUtzL-saxaq6DT_lrg44EqV4XNFIcjhpALS4R357OlL0/s400/rouge.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 532px;" /></a><br />Vignette:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmcNE0yFtAoEoB-eJKaGp7hVQZ7oy0JMkES0zrZWzqNEULgXGLbStvNfVnw9cTbGCuKsblCt2kn5yzzNXVFavfNkiag2rsTEEJ0lCGAx7AuzS-wnXSwsZQxu3E1PBOneC9mNLfciTVJc/s1600/vignette.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635627828800899298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmcNE0yFtAoEoB-eJKaGp7hVQZ7oy0JMkES0zrZWzqNEULgXGLbStvNfVnw9cTbGCuKsblCt2kn5yzzNXVFavfNkiag2rsTEEJ0lCGAx7AuzS-wnXSwsZQxu3E1PBOneC9mNLfciTVJc/s400/vignette.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 373px;" /></a><br />and Ennui:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfGByop2fFUdEUmJenbRmsP3-4IL48qdok9xCd-Ycq3RVa_a86fs2puxYurzEHj4Lh5PqQS-fTiEjdvrowMSaDEmbJbme1Nya4jk-P22UohaXjtXxigqzdOHxlSwSQpYnKPe3zJCUE3c/s1600/ennui.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635632549489174354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVfGByop2fFUdEUmJenbRmsP3-4IL48qdok9xCd-Ycq3RVa_a86fs2puxYurzEHj4Lh5PqQS-fTiEjdvrowMSaDEmbJbme1Nya4jk-P22UohaXjtXxigqzdOHxlSwSQpYnKPe3zJCUE3c/s400/ennui.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 535px;" /></a><br /><span class="txt-strong"><br />In addition to the above paintings, other pieces of Erin's newer works feature herself in other clothes, but they still feature one lone figure against flat colored backgrounds, in which the face is partially obscured or turned away from the viewer:<br /></span><br />Falter:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnHNHzMFdektU65LCSdO8sbklbnaTvNXAZexMRp9qYiXkP9CwdEwTyPTl-wh-boFqVIhrXOAAcZtYPNEsnCQ6hEURncFrDFwu6WkYik8Io5ziyBxBarFXjGcB6xs1uh_pUtZo64B7gRI/s1600/Erin_Cone_Falter_1367_69.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635631524620286034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnHNHzMFdektU65LCSdO8sbklbnaTvNXAZexMRp9qYiXkP9CwdEwTyPTl-wh-boFqVIhrXOAAcZtYPNEsnCQ6hEURncFrDFwu6WkYik8Io5ziyBxBarFXjGcB6xs1uh_pUtZo64B7gRI/s400/Erin_Cone_Falter_1367_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 421px;" /></a><br />Halt:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFl_wwaDExIM0seCOm6qWkPCKNdV4Vylf8P0DIUSell04oD7eRk6CHZqmP82dBIt2BeSwSPW7tXT92U2wyboYzB1NCYYGElooZBRhiJC605Qi2VJIb-EN3B8zObqZTeHznHyKMRU-fDk/s1600/Erin_Cone_Halt_1365_69.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635631245178666386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiFl_wwaDExIM0seCOm6qWkPCKNdV4Vylf8P0DIUSell04oD7eRk6CHZqmP82dBIt2BeSwSPW7tXT92U2wyboYzB1NCYYGElooZBRhiJC605Qi2VJIb-EN3B8zObqZTeHznHyKMRU-fDk/s400/Erin_Cone_Halt_1365_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 416px;" /></a><br />Yield:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTABIeStVxow7hyphenhyphenp_gHjBXAjR4LB84QYpKKJt81BRg5VJJKG3T99KjERf0-3sVtfrp6hx09Bl7vPGmmWLxMYN0714Un8w3HFSy215wpLZHqct3jjjodwPHSEVXglXSztgYR6bCIHMDKSg/s1600/Erin_Cone_Yield_1364_69.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635631168553750290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTABIeStVxow7hyphenhyphenp_gHjBXAjR4LB84QYpKKJt81BRg5VJJKG3T99KjERf0-3sVtfrp6hx09Bl7vPGmmWLxMYN0714Un8w3HFSy215wpLZHqct3jjjodwPHSEVXglXSztgYR6bCIHMDKSg/s400/Erin_Cone_Yield_1364_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 421px;" /></a><br />Axis:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjgDhZdPpTKxjPfRn-wFZW6G7QGFQ8ut83TzKZls-ggR1DGo-uzFKGZfYT7o-821g5BMp2mfkDbZIc2eOohN5U2Ssjo5ecFP5IpB71no3ePCC5RFLyEpChmWz3nRgdjIBUeqO84ZSk1w/s1600/axis.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635630941747129330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZjgDhZdPpTKxjPfRn-wFZW6G7QGFQ8ut83TzKZls-ggR1DGo-uzFKGZfYT7o-821g5BMp2mfkDbZIc2eOohN5U2Ssjo5ecFP5IpB71no3ePCC5RFLyEpChmWz3nRgdjIBUeqO84ZSk1w/s400/axis.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 451px;" /></a><br />Pivotal:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkEeYw-rLdO-yI3A7DAWZI8AT_ZP7Jt6zZ0I29ZhLNKCnkbZQOVcDa4qnHN99kLAyIBJDeHBDTvIfhlEOP1Yhc8HC82nZVpkrUKOqSUskmHvAAxK7KX9nE8LxcPZetK4O1hPDDqUMLwc/s1600/pivotal.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635630754651774034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkEeYw-rLdO-yI3A7DAWZI8AT_ZP7Jt6zZ0I29ZhLNKCnkbZQOVcDa4qnHN99kLAyIBJDeHBDTvIfhlEOP1Yhc8HC82nZVpkrUKOqSUskmHvAAxK7KX9nE8LxcPZetK4O1hPDDqUMLwc/s400/pivotal.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 421px;" /></a><br />Refuge:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IGKNdDHQxT9yZ7dGOyJRkPNCUD_iPSaIUg62RD2ibs7JLmddzzg1_m22yJX8mSNKsde4XQBN5KZCj82dW7npKCUfouvC9fWb1ZA57aVGkvfc-lpRAYRXDSh3r2XPEvoAHX5ApFYi9Ec/s1600/refuge.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635630660498523282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IGKNdDHQxT9yZ7dGOyJRkPNCUD_iPSaIUg62RD2ibs7JLmddzzg1_m22yJX8mSNKsde4XQBN5KZCj82dW7npKCUfouvC9fWb1ZA57aVGkvfc-lpRAYRXDSh3r2XPEvoAHX5ApFYi9Ec/s400/refuge.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 642px;" /></a><br />Hold:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nuNMb42-ndlh2XxfNoxLzcC7PFP_LWGpNFuTNGXYuuwj1Ky6tnWzkX5qKK83Q4uJ91hMQTx9QPTwm5ZOgteilvZQOcApYe1agTSfOuo_KNAQ5yrXmLQabV3FBY1lK43D_x0QAmZgZN8/s1600/Erin_Cone_Hold_1427_391.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635631898042771954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nuNMb42-ndlh2XxfNoxLzcC7PFP_LWGpNFuTNGXYuuwj1Ky6tnWzkX5qKK83Q4uJ91hMQTx9QPTwm5ZOgteilvZQOcApYe1agTSfOuo_KNAQ5yrXmLQabV3FBY1lK43D_x0QAmZgZN8/s400/Erin_Cone_Hold_1427_391.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 483px;" /></a><br />Discrete:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDgHtWrI8N9uNEoGKkHvTLumJSqhe31M8EPSB3C_1ydyLfj0DZLYgZ_9aB5Twh3CDW4YvgUBPs4B4H0GsKqSZQGeKE4Ez8sYMyVeKaSKp0AlZXp2-yVPQCZdQqtJy-8gI4GAALtHJgfNo/s1600/Erin_Cone_Discrete_1361_69.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635631821640701266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDgHtWrI8N9uNEoGKkHvTLumJSqhe31M8EPSB3C_1ydyLfj0DZLYgZ_9aB5Twh3CDW4YvgUBPs4B4H0GsKqSZQGeKE4Ez8sYMyVeKaSKp0AlZXp2-yVPQCZdQqtJy-8gI4GAALtHJgfNo/s400/Erin_Cone_Discrete_1361_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 478px;" /></a><br />Subtle:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqx5328KX66FPKFyvQWUtQHUr4La6vSZTpm5kCJWiCvc9oewN2LlPphDRiFDMFT9XTvkYqOrm0ZzM8hr_CCNtTc6VsCTMDr-ZMLGCzL91VQTp9jFgbGU9NEvB7kcLrquCEUHbe7lvv9A/s1600/Erin_Cone_Subtle_1231_69.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635631672179137938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqx5328KX66FPKFyvQWUtQHUr4La6vSZTpm5kCJWiCvc9oewN2LlPphDRiFDMFT9XTvkYqOrm0ZzM8hr_CCNtTc6VsCTMDr-ZMLGCzL91VQTp9jFgbGU9NEvB7kcLrquCEUHbe7lvv9A/s400/Erin_Cone_Subtle_1231_69.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 638px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Erin Cone:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggupMcV4lwLl_FgIt20Ny5osLTW5B9Xg-hp0gxHVJTlLJWtc-tV1DAbsY1bIUADfphPLe1oy7feq8iO_5mBuTo8AECkFQke7u9ibjTnWkUq5p1AWOJAh2rhvuxLOOb_rD7y4MVQpYAGAk/s1600/ec-2010.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635635948601330226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggupMcV4lwLl_FgIt20Ny5osLTW5B9Xg-hp0gxHVJTlLJWtc-tV1DAbsY1bIUADfphPLe1oy7feq8iO_5mBuTo8AECkFQke7u9ibjTnWkUq5p1AWOJAh2rhvuxLOOb_rD7y4MVQpYAGAk/s400/ec-2010.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 336px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I emphasize visual impact over narrative context, focusing on the subtle orchestration of my subject within a framework of design. I create a deliberate push-and-pull between near-photorealistic detail and my own vocabulary of visual glitches that challenge that very realism. This duality is central to my work and allows the figures I paint to remain wholly representational while functioning abstractly — evoking emotion without defining it."</span><br />-- Erin Cone<br /><br />Erin Cone is Represented by:<br /><a class="lnk0" href="http://www.hespe.com/">Hespe Gallery</a>, San Francisco, CA<br /><a class="lnk0" href="http://www.lanouefineart.com/">Lanoue Fine Art</a>, Boston, MA<br /><a class="lnk0" href="http://www.melissamorganfineart.com/">Melissa Morgan Fine Art</a>, Palm Desert, CA<br /><a class="lnk0" href="http://www.nuartgallery.com/">Nuart Gallery</a>, Santa Fe, NM<br /><a class="lnk0" href="http://www.rosenbaumcontemporary.com/">Rosenbaum Contemporary</a>, Boca Raton, FL

One Subject. One Dress. A Bunch of Fabulous Paintings By Erin Cone.

above: Erin Cone, Evade, 2011, acrylic, 40" x 36" Texas born artist Erin Cone was named one of Southwest Art Magazine's "...

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