7/31/2023 0 Comments Jonathan yeo paintings![]() Jonathan said: "Some surgeons are more ethical than others. The Bowes Museum must have its share of portraits where the artistįelt obliged to flatter the sitter, glossing over flaws which can now be He saw parallels between the painter's and the surgeon'sĪrt and there are plenty of ironies here to enjoy. Also the way his hands moved and the initial puffiness of the With bodies, watched and took in everything, the way the surgeon, usingĪ black pen, marked "with a casual savagery" where the knife ![]() One?" Jonathan, reasoning that cosmetic surgery was like sculpting Jonathan responded with puppyish enthusiasm. ![]() It led to an invitation to witness a procedure taking place and Then he got talking to a cosmetic surgeon who was also an amateurĪrtist. They were people I'd observedĬlosely but now felt something wasn't quite the same." Notice when people he knew had had a facelift. He perfected the art ofĭepicting flesh tones and that is clearly evident in this body of work. He studied the paintings hanging in Tate Britain, notably those of It was something that helped him to concentrate. When at school where his attention deficit disorder meant he was often He had always drawn faces, though, particularly Jonathan, who is 47, taught himself to paint while recovering from Rather, they areĪttractive and quite young women striving to enhance or preserve their TheseĪre not plain women yearning to be beautiful. You might be struck, as I was, by the faces you'll see. Jonathan said he had tried hard to find men who would agree to be These aesthetic enhancements," said Sonia. "Apparently women are more open to sharing their experience of Gender reassignment surgery, female to male. ![]() It's all women - well, if you exclude the new painting showing Lifts and nose jobs) and the various things women have done to their We looked at rhytidectomies and rhinoplasties (that's face Jonathan Yeo showed me round ahead of today's public opening,Īlong with art historian Sonia Lievaart and Rachael Fletcher, the From around us but whose procedures might not be so well But it isįascinating, shining a light on something whose effects are all Turn to If you're at all squeamish, it might not be for you. Year which are on display for the first time. The exhibition, called Skin Deep, includes two paintings done this Is the first in the country to show his paintings of cosmetic surgery In a coup for the Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle, County Durham, it Now Jonathan Yeo is back in the region with something a little bitĭifferent - a little bit more challenging. Walliams and Lily Cole were among those gazing from the walls. Gallery in Newcastle when Prince Philip, the Duchess of Cornwall, David In 2014 and into 2015 he had a big solo show at the Laing Art Other famous people, including prime ministers and members of the royal He has painted uncannily lifelike portraits of them and of many Studied in minute detail the faces of some of the world'sĪcknowledged beautiful people, including the film star Nicole Kidman and PORTRAIT painter Jonathan Yeo knows about good looks, having DAVID WHETSTONE had a tour of his new exhibition opening today in the North East.
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