Flower Girl With Her Two Small Portraits Of Renowned Yorkshire Artist Mick Burton. By Steve Walmsley, Surrealist Artist.
Steve Walmsley sent me this image, which he created in response to my continuous line Portrait of him which I featured in my Post of December 2023.
My first reaction was that this Lady appears to be looking forward to devouring two pork chops. Of course I realised that they were really portraits of me. I think that it is a terrific composition and am pleased to be involved.
As I said in the previous Post, we sketched each other at Harrogate and Nidderdale Art Club and my sketch led of one of my Continuous Line Drawings of him and then a Colour Sequence version. These are all shown in my previous post. At that time, I did not include my photograph of Steve’s sketch portrait of me.
Now that he has responded, it is time to produce his sketch of me as a reference.
Portrait sketch of Mick Burton by Steve Walmsley, Surrealist Artist, May 2023.
This sketch does not relate too closely to Steve’s creation, but it does remind me of “front on” sketches done by L.S Lowry. Here is one that is in the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait by L. S. Lowry. National Portrait Gallery, NPG 5951.
Steve’s latest Surrealist Art can be seen on his website
Mick Burton 