This is a painting of the guitar playing legend Jimi Hendrix by one of my main artists, Yuriy Shevchuk which he titled "Jazz Rock Jimi Hendrix 03". He has created this using a range of materials including pencil and various water colour paints. It has been produced on a medium sized canvas - roughly 70cm wide by 45cm tall.
To create this piece, Shevchuk first sketched Hendrix and his guitar out in pencil, adding only minor detail and outlines with no shading. With this, he had the foundations to begin to add the splashes of water colour paint.
He began with adding colour on the background and surrounding Hendrix's being, using different shades of violet and earthy brown to blend in to create a dark, warm, full bodied background.
He also used the same shades of paint for the tones on Hendrix and his guitar, using more saturated and watered down paint for the lighter tones and more concentrated paint with less water in for the shaded areas.
These contrasting tones blend very well when using water colours, fusing together to create the gradient of tones in between.
He uses eccentric, bold brush strokes on the background of this piece and more intricate brushing for the detailed anatomy of Hendrix's instrument, body and clothing. Also, one of the more distinctive features - along with the use of vibrant colours - is how he has used the technique of blowing the wet paint outwards from the guitarist's body and guitar has been used to suggest the eccentric movement and virtuoso fast playing of the guitar. He uses these methods of production to emphasise the energy radiating from Hendrix in the form of music and talent. Clearly passionately performed onto this canvas.
Unfortunately, the site where I found this image, along with as many other sites that I could find which were relevant to this piece, did not specify it's location or the exact date at which it was produced, however it has been known that Shevchuk has been living in Prague since 1993 and sells his paintings on his website (listed below) directly from his studio in the city.
This artist's work, and definitely this piece in particular, shows that even a two dimensional, still painting can involve movement and expression through music.
Personally I think that, even though the range of colours used is limited, this is a fine example of passionate artwork that I find extremely aesthetically pleasing. However I believe that with a wider range of more vibrant, bright colours would show even more energy and passion and would also link well to the typical "psychedelic" music that the musician that he has painted is linked to.
Link to Shevchuk's website: http://www.shevchukart.com/
Link to the site of the image: http://en.artscad.com/A.nsf/Opra/SRVV-7NVJBA
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