Portrait painting of Charles Bukowski | 60cm x 90cm | oils on canvas

Charles Bukowski, a painting by David Hardy for sale
£1000.00 or $1573.00 inc VAT, excludes Shipping. Call +44 (0)7910452579 to discuss with the artist. Also see http://davidhardyart.co.uk

Thank you.

He spent the most part of 2011 painting a series of portraits, primarily to gain confidence in painting

I guess you still need to gain some confidence because that's a pretty bad painting.
Why? Buk said "Mickey Mouse has no soul", and your painting has no soul either.

Good luck.

Here's a much better painting:

No such thing as bad press.... Just more press! Thank you

Sorry Ponder, but they are BOTH great paintings. David's painting is very good. I personally prefer the watercolor too, but I can not deny that David's work is very good. I wouldn't say he did not capture Buk's soul. I see it in the eyes in his painting. Very well done David. I wish you the best in your career.

David, You may be getting resistance because you came into the forums only to pitch your painting and not to discuss Bukowski. That's not very well liked around here. Maybe you'd like to stick around and become part of the fold since you're a fan.

I think ponder just wanted to 'slag me off' as many did about bukowski . I'm just a man who has been through the mill and wants to make a living for myself and at the same time I am paying homage to one of my heroes.

I don't hate the haters, I just feel sorry for them and hope they receive the necessary therapy.

Ponder doesn't need therapy. Like I said, stick around and be part of the discussions and you won't get slagged off about anything. The members in this forum are serious about Hank. We don't like passersby to just fling in some one-time spam, even when they think it pertains to Bukowski. I'm only letting you in on this because I'm an artist too and I'd like not to see you have rotten fruit thrown all over you.

Many of us have been through the mill by the way. Think about it. It's probably what draws us to Bukowski.

it's no emma watson, that's for sure

And may you never!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like the paintings, especially the oils. I like the ones that of subjects that I do not know better...

Thank you.

yeah, but is it fine art?

at least you are talking about it, that's what matters!

david - i wasn't dissing your work, i was referring to this recent thread -

http://bukowski.net/forum/index.php?threads/fine-art.7139/#post-122035

Ok, I apologies d gray. Only on the hoof as per the previous peoples comments.

To be quite frank, the term 'fine art' for the viewer to decide on . Art is art is art in my book.

Take a look for example someone like William De Kooning and some people are bound to consider that is also fine art now days...

Street art (Banksy), pop art (Warhol) and old masters (Rembrandt), contemporary masters (Freud) are now on a level, especially in buying terms, as they can match each other and are seen as leaders in their own fields.

All the above have great execution, and if that can define fine art, then I would accept that.

The thing for me is not to get to hung up on it, although, it's obvious that I do.

I usually don't respond anymore after I give my opinion
but I'll make an exception because maybe you're not an asshole.

When I clicked, new thread, portrait painting of Buk and I saw
the photo of the painting, words came to my mind such as sunglasses,
stone cold and disease.
Yes, disease. Buk had TB in 1988? but I don't think the picture is
taken around 1988.

I hardly could look at the photo of your painting. No kidding.
Buk looks like he has a terrible disease. Sorry, but that's what I
feel when I look at the photo.
I also took a look at your other stuff and the Heffner thing is even worse.
If I would have guessed I'd really think the picture is taken while
Heffner is laying in his coffin.

No offense.

And Carol is wrong, I do need therapy.

People with TB go gaunt and usually appear alot paler, much like the picture you posted, which is from the same photo.

It would also be nice if you stopped bothering me! Yes, I get it... You don't like my paintings. I don't really care that you don't!

But I hope go and get the help that you require!

I like the painting. The likeness is pretty good, i think. It´s certainly not one of those many horrible Bukowski paintings we´ve seen over the years.

it's no cameron diaz, that's for sure.

The photo is best.
The eyes on both paintings fall short.

The skin is certainly alive. A good portrait will have nothing of the artist left in the finished subject.

I'm beginning to sound like Brian Sewell more every day.

reporting posts? who does that???

may i suggest a new avatar...

I guess this means that he must be pussywhipped?

Hard to get the eyes right on Bukowski or the baby.

They paint Bukowski. I want to see what a Hollow-Back June Whale looks like.

Nice painting but your sales pitch on this forum was doomed without establishing yourself. These folks thrive on tossing out assholes that just come here to sell stuff (as they should).