PORTRAITS FOR LIFE

Jeff Christie Now and Then

(Pastel & Colour Pencils on Paper, 65 x 50 cm, 2008)

Kevin is going back on stage with Christie next year. I am sure that some of you know Jeff Christie, or at least his famous international hits: Yellow River, Iron Horse, San Bernadino… even I know them, and I am really crap at English music normally (says Kevin… he even says French boycott English music…)

I was busy making the promo design for Christie 2009 these last weeks and at the end, after having seen all these photos of Jeff Christie, I felt the need to make a portrait of him. He has got such interesting features, and a very expressive face when he sings, so in fact, the perfect subject! And as I did for Obama, I did not really want to feature the star, but The Man.

In this portrait I wanted also to include the notion of time passing by and, simultaneously, the timelessness of a great song and a great musician. This is why I included in the background, on the left,  Jeff Christie as he interpreted for the first time Yellow River, about 40 years ago! And another 2 Jeff Christies representing the 80′s and 90′s.

Thanks, Jeff, for these wonderful songs which always make me feel incredibly alive when I listen to them!

PS: if you want to know and see more about Christie, please go the Yellow River site.

PPS: Si un promoteur francais lit ce billet, je l’en supplie, qu’il fasse tout son possible pour organiser un concert de Christie en France… ne serait-ce que pour prouver à ces anglais que nous ne boycottons pas leur musique! En plus, nous avons bien profité de Yellow River, n’est-ce-pas, sous le titre de “L’Amérique” par Joe Dassin! Alors la France lui doit bien çà, à Jeff Christie!

December 19, 2008 Posted by Miki | art, life, men, music, portrait | Drawing Persons, Iron Horse, Miki, musician portrait, painting people, pastel portraits portraits from photographs, People drawings, portraits, realistic portraits, San Bernadino, sketches, Yellow River | Leave a Comment