So here we go...My sister had challenged me to make a nude, but I totally dislike the idea, whether it is about a guy or a girl, as I much prefer suggested things to raw nudity, it is much more beautiful & more enhancing in my point of view, but I can do with shirtless pictures of a guy, so I gave it a try. I first painted Travis Fimmel (yes, I updated this one, too, in the painting gallery) but was not completely satisfied with it. I had downloaded a bunch of pictures of Travis from the internet after I saw him in the series “Tarzan”, I had found him expressive in it, but it did not come out as well as I would have liked. So, I decided to replace Travis’s face by Garrett’s (sorry to Travis fans !) & used the picture below, which I changed a little because it was a little too provocative to me. ;) Yeah, I definitely changed one hand, & the hand & the bottle you see on the painting are actually...all mine, & some of you will recognise the typical square Vittel bottle (though I do prefer Volvic water ! :D). I had decided to make him look as if he was hiking, & I chose the Half Dome from Yosemite national park, Ca, USA, where I did go hiking to the Half Dome on a whole day with Trek America in late september. It was 28°C there & the waterfall you can see in the background was in fact almost dry ! (And 2 days later, we had a snow storm in Jackson hole, Wyoming...!!!!) Anyway, I had loved the hike there & traveling with Trek America is something I truly recommand : it is the best & cheapest way to discover the many wonders of the USA, especially the national parks (Utah, Arizona, California, Montana/Wyoming, Alaska...) & you meet very friendly people coming from all over the world. :)
So, I finally decide to show this painting I made last year in march-april 2005 and...errrr hm... yeah, my first totally shirtless painting of Garrett & I definitely need to give explanations, here ! See below...;)
[http://travisfimmel.tripod.com/ckgallery.htm]
[http://www.travis-fimmel.com/]
Update september 12th, 2006 : So, I finally took the time to find out from which site I had downloaded that picture, & here it is. :) Travis Fimmel - the online photo gallery, a fansite dedicated to Travis. There is another one that I used to browse a lot but the gallery is off for now. Yet, it was pretty huge & you can access this 2nd site, Travis Fimmel.com, here . Either site, enjoy !
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