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John Asaro, oil study for a larger painting of a girl fishing in the woods

Artist: John Asaro (Painter)

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Title:	John Asaro, oil study for a larger painting of a girl fishing in the woods
Artist:	John Asaro (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Oil
Art Type:	Prelim
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	206
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	7/24/2024
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John Asaro is a masterful painter and sculptor, and I was delighted to pick up these two pieces of his back in the late 90s.

These photos don't do them justice, but I love the color choices and brushstokes in both of these prelims. Asaro's 3-D work strongly informs his use of planes in designing and indicating the forms in his paintings, especially the figures and faces of his subjects. You may have seen the "Asaro Head", an abstracted model of the human head artists study from in order to learn the planes of the face.

Subjectwise, these are highly representative of the work that made him famous --- images of women and children by the water. Clearly influenced by the great Spanish painter Joaquin Sorolla, Asaro dialed up the color and abstracted the forms a bit to arrive at his signature style.

Tahnks to Bill Cox for tolerating and even encouraging some non-comic art on CAF!

Thanks for taking a look!

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Rick W
Member Since 2017

Posted on 7/24/2024

You caught a beauty!

Paul Martini
Member Since 2021

Posted on 7/25/2024

These brushtrokes are just so juicy! Phenomenal.

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