Xavier Nuez
Apr 7, 20102 min
I’m a little late in posting this, but tonight I’m hosting a life drawing class in my studio – 6:30-9:30. There will be a model and a bunch of pencil/charcoal artists. If you are in the Chicago area and interested, please let me know. It is $10 to get involved.
And this Friday is 2nd Friday! My studio will be open to the public from 6-10pm.
My journey into photography began in my adolescence, with drawing, then on to painting later on. But drawing especially was an obsession in my early and mid teens. It’s been many (many!!) years since I sat and sketched something, so this weekend, I joined a life drawing group. It was a bit like getting on a bike after 20 years – exciting and clumsy. After doing many quick sketches, where the model would change poses every few minutes, we got warmed up, allowing us to work on longer poses: 20 and 40 minutes. Probably boring for you to look at, but here’s a charcoal and pencil sketch I did from the class. Eventually, I’ll post a few of my early (and usually bizarre!) drawings.
So here’s my first real effort at drawing in 20 years…
Feliz Dia
Felizdia, a Spanish language web site about positive living, has posted a translated version of my Spraygraphic interview.
One of the surprising comments was by a gentleman in Venezuela, Dariel Delgado, who wrote a poem about the images. In my faltering Spanish, I think I can tell thats it really good, but no doubt I’m biased!
LAS MAGICAS FOTOS DE XAVIER NUEZ
Xavier Nuez se adueña de los callejones
Bichos raros salen de los oscuros rincones
Muchas calles se encuentran destartaladas
sin pinturas y algunas ventanas cerradas
La oscuridad le esconde al pasado la tristeza
Las luces estroboscópicas atrapan la belleza
Aquellos recuerdos lejanos de juventud
Acelera la imaginación y la llena de luz
Xavier Nuez le dibuja a las criaturas su sonrisa
y con su mágico lente de se mueve de prisa
Hay muchas bichitas que salen muy coquetas
Y se ponen sus aretes el perfume y la chaqueta
El escenario esta listo el teatro abre sus puertas
Hay criaturas peludas ,sin pelos y hasta tuertas
Son solo personajes que representan la historia
Estrellas, héroes y villanos vivirán en sus memoria
Xavier Nuez glorifica las criatura mas sencillas
Las humildes y patéticas las pone sobre la silla
El eleva los espacios mas allá de los colores
Un plano excepcional donde llueven bellas flores