(Craig S. 1982)
(Unknown 1983)
Posed portfolio
Shot, head tilted right
Toward knuckles,
Eyes stared out,
-Blue crew neck- model's
-Own- forelock twisted,
-Aide-memoire
-Tacked to wall;
Photographer, crouched
Behind tripod's lens,
Luminaire
Bracketing,
-Chin curved out free hand,
-Hair, sweater, blocked in
-Black and blue,
-Eyes studied;
Foreground flash flooded,
Background gaze shouldered,
Pervasive
Crowding out,
-Eyes, nose, mouth congealed
-Self-revelation's
-Simmering
-Embryo;
Resolute brio
Steadied emulsion's
Revenant
Properties,
-Caran d'Ache marshes,
-Jetties, coastline formed
-Contours in
-Picture plane;
Perceptions pinned to
Darkroom clothesline a
Voyeur tinged
Placebo,
-Fingers' grasp allowed
-Shift, silver record,
-To powder
-Concordance;
Posed portfolio
Shot, head straightened, left
Hand grazed chin,
Eyes stared out,
-Blue crew neck- model's
-Own- modulated
-Ground, forelock,
-Twisted, brown;
Photographer stood
Back, tripod, easel
Framed close-up
Elements,
-Broad development:
-Head; chin; neck; collar;
-Hand; blocked out
-Feasible;
Flash assaulted eyes,
Stacked canvasses brushed
Back of head,
Wires looped,
-Desultory blues
-Coated, incisive
-Browns, trained through
-Reds, marooned;
Periorbitals
Funneled ruminant
Basin strained
Of surname,
-Faint luminesence
-Dabbed face, birthmark daubed
-Eye, wiped clean
-Along throat
Testimony hedged
Insular resolve,
Wariness
Transparent,
-Binary eyes hived
-Representation
-Empathic,
-Imprisoned;
Third year, fourth portrait,
Watched dissolve before
Propped canvas,
Palette, brush,
-Revolving lathe whirred,
-Conspicuous slab
-Weathered by
-Oils applied;
Blathered in background,
Butt kept the seat warm,
Pigments danced
Poi ballet,
-Partitioned plie,
-Back straightened, elbow
-Bent, wrist turns
-Resilient;
Feather calamus
Suspended barbule
Ferrules, soaked
Droplets spread,
-Thalamus marbles
-Registered streaks, rolled
-Rarified
-Outpourings;
Likeness imperilled
Life's assuredness,
Prowled canvas
For mirrored,
-Established shadow,
-Light; artificial
-Impastoed,
-Natural;
Disremembered shot,
Musings melded shock
At sublime
Surveillance,
-Curatorial
-Against contrivance,
-Cause, effect,
-Recorded.
9 November 2019
(This 'duet' is based on a drawing (1982), and a painting (1984), of the top sitter, and two paintings (both 1983) of the bottom sitter.)
