One of the most difficult things I have experienced as an artist is to attempt to make a portrait of someone knowing that eventually they will walk around to your side of the easel and see what you have made of them. Here are some honest efforts from days gone by… A picture of someone … More Drawing People
A third foray into a recurring theme of mine, love and lust in the age before humankind. These two pictures were made in quick succession. Our first offering this week is wild and loose with flat washes of colour and quick almost frantic brushwork. I like the separation of the primary colours here. The second … More Nymph and Satyr Part III
This week, in honour of the American election process we see on the news these days, we shall feature a picture from my drawings page which has waited patiently for a reason to come forth. I call it “Madhouse”. Drawn freely and without erasure, I find the marks here combine to produce dramatic effect. The … More Madhouse
There once was a drinking establishment at Dundas and Clarence that featured a lot of blues music on their stage. I painted two large canvases for their windows to advertise the fact. Here are three sketches I made in preparation. There’s a rockin’ little trio under the spotlight tonight. Here we’re onstage with the band, … More The Blues
The hazy heat of summer is behind us, giving way to shorter days and cooler nights. One of the consolations of the arrival of fall is the change in the colour of the leaves , which adds new tones of red, yellow and orange to the fresh greens of the landscape. Here are two autumnal … More Autumn
![Nada by Barry Trower (1989) [Cover for a magazine].](https://barrytrower.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1989-nada-cover-for-a-magazine.jpg?w=365&h=365&crop=1)
Nada, which means “Nothing ” in Spanish, was the name of a student paper someone I knew long ago was editing. Here are two drawings I provided as cover illustrations. The first is an abstract collection of thlngs on a stage, the money-stuffed suit of the arms-salesman, the xyz dressmakers dummy, surmounted by the deaths-head … More Nada
My last two posts have been rather monochromatic, so it’s time to throw some colour and drama back into the mix. And what could be more colourful or dramatic than the story of Delilah, that sexy spy from biblical times? The temptress Delilah, about to disarm the mighty Samson by shearing his hair in his … More Delilah
Thanks to the quick and friendly work of the guy at Fast Photo who digitized the pictures from recently uncovered photographic slides, we can today publish these forgotten images from the ancient past, which shall hereafter be known as,”Some Of Barry Trowers Early Charcoal Drawings “. I began drawing with charcoal during life class at … More Ancient Charcoal
With today’s blog we will finally put some content on my sculpture page. Here are some views of my earliest efforts. Sculpture is all about expression through shape. Modelling, as opposed to carving, is a more fluid and additive process. Carving is a more controlled and subtractive process. Both methods can lead to forms that … More Sculpture
After a week at the cottage (where blogging is verboten) we are back in business with this weeks offering, Macbeth and the witches. It is a theme we’ve covered here before, but as we just returned from seeing the play at the Stratford Festival Theatre, I feel it’s time to revisit. We have dug into … More Macbeth and the Witches
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