Dave Martin at the Beach

Dave Martin is known for his use of bayside locations in the San Francisco area, but today we 

will look at some photos made at Pacific beaches.  We might as well start with Tony Farrell, 

seeing as how he appears no less than three times in today's series.

 

Unknown I

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Dick Woodward

Dick Woodward goes a bit acrobatic in this one.

 

Chuck Miller I

Brian E. sent me this photo of the always pleasing Chuck Miller.

We'll see Mr. Miller again shortly.  

Thanks, Brian!

 

Tony Farrell II

Tony Farrell is basking in the sun on his back in his second appearance of the day.

 

Norm Tousley

Norm Tousley always looks good, and this seaside shot by Dave Martin is no exception.

 

Larry Crawford

Larry Crawford was a football player at Chico State College

when Dave Martin took this photo in 1962.

 

Unknown II

Here's our unknown model for a second look.  If anyone has any better quality

photos of this fellow or a name for him, please let me know.

 

Chuck Miller II

This is a repeat post of Chuck Miller with a beach ball.

 

Tony Farrell III

And we finish the set with a third shot of Tony Farrell.

 

Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) was one of the most highly acclaimed American artists of his time, 

and today we will look at some of his male nude sketches, paintings, and studies.  That's a self 

portrait above, and below we  have one of his better known works, 1942's Nighthawks.

 

Mustache

I love the model's mustache in this one, and is that 

an exclamation point or a smudge at upper right?

 

Interesting

The model's bottom is half on and half off the chair in this interesting drawing.

 

Multiples

Mr. Hopper did multiple drawings of the model's hands and feet for this study,

something that I've seen only a few times before from other artists.

 

Academic?

Although my source did not say so, I think this oil painting may be an academic work.

 

Older Model

Here we see what I believe are two drawings of the same older 

bearded model from both the front and rear directions.

 

Rough

Although rough looking at first glance, there are some anatomical details in this drawing.

 

Staff

Mr. Hopper carefully shaded this study of a young man with a staff.

 

Painting II

I think this is another academic oil painting.

 

Characters?

Our closing drawing shows a side view of a man with his hands clasped.

That vertical row of marks at right looks like Japanese characters, 

but my Japanese friend says he can't read them.

 

J. Wayne Higgs Day III

My third series featuring the work of J. Wayne Higgs is comprised completely of self portraits in a variety of styles and settings.  This is partly because they are interesting, but also because the great majority of his male nudes were of himself.  We begin with one from 1985-86.

 

Upward look

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The Sunbather

Here we see The Sunbather from 1966.

 

Cottontail

This is Cottontail Me from 1985.

 

In the Pines

Mr. Higgs photographed himself In the Pines in 1966.

 

In My Garden

This one is called In My Garden, and it's my favorite of the day.

 

1979

Over the years, J. Wayne Higgs took a number of self

 portraits with women, and this one is from 1979.

 

Undated

This undated photo looks like it's from the 1980s.

 

Clenched fists

Mr. Higgs has his fists clenched in an item from 1965

which was published in a book.

 

Flandrin Inspired

Although shot at an oblique angle, I'm pretty sure our last 

J. Wayne Higgs photo was inspired by Flandrin.