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Here are the Sargent portraits that I referenced so that you can see where I drew inspiration for this piece!
Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, John Singer Sargent (1892)
I specifically referenced the rug, giltwood furniture, that little round pillow, and her skintones.
Gertrude Vernon, Lady Agnew of Lochlaw, John Singer Sargent (1892)
Referenced for pose and expression.
Ena and Betty, Daughters of Asher and Mrs. Wertheimer, John Singer Sargent (1901)
The vase!
Lady Helen Vincent, Viscountess d'Abernon, John Singer Sargent (1904)
The hands playing with jewelry, expression.
Milicent, Duchess of Sutherland, John Singer Sargent (1904)
Skintone, colors of the dress and embroidery, expression.
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, John Singer Sargent (1882)
Back ground colors, the vases, the floor and rug
A Place to Call Home --- --- ---
This piece was commissioned by my dear friend @tawnyontumblr for HER dear friend @saretton to accompany a WONDERFUL fic that Tawny wrote for Saretton's birthday!
The fic is A Place to Call Home (Explicit, on AO3), a Human AU set in the Late Victorian/1890s and featuring Portrait Painter!Aziraphale and Stage Actor!Crowley as his artistic muse. I am in love with this concept.
Crowley's voice was almost too soft to hear. It nearly faded amidst the sweep of Aziraphale’s brush over canvas, the carriage rattling past outside—another layer of stimuli amidst the light, and the smell of linseed oil and turpentine. The way the fabric Crowley wore hissed gently over his skin as he slowly, minutely shifted position and then moved back.
He half sat half reclined on a Louis XVI armchair that Aziraphale had picked up in an estate sale. His legs were crossed, and the emerald banyan, embroidered with gold, slid from one shoulder. Aziraphale had been staring at that curve of lightly freckled skin while he'd been mixing rose madder and Chinese white, letting the brush sweep over the damp canvas as he sought to give voice to the hunger he felt.
The idea here was for me to paint the portrait of Crowley that Aziraphale is painting in the story.
Tawny asked me to paint with John Singer Sargent vibes, who is quite possibly my favorite artist of all time, and one of, if not the greatest, portrait painters of the 19th century. It's quite a tall order to try to imitate his style, so I settled for something Sargentesque! She also specified that "I want I am both painting and fucking him vibes. Intimate. That's the word." And I hope I delivered.
@goodomensafterdark Ya'll need to go read this fic its hot af.
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Holding it all together.
Atlas and the Hesperides by John Singer Sargent (1921)
John Singer Sargent The Loggia, View at the Generalife, circa 1912 Watercolor over pencil on paper 39.37 x 53.34 cm Credit: The Athenaeum [Public Domain]
John Singer Sargent The Loggia, Vizcaya, 1917 Watercolor 40.3 x 53.3 cm Credit: The Athenaeum [Public Domain]
John Singer Sargent Villa Torlonia: Fountain, 1907 Oil on canvas 71.1 x 91.4 cm Credit: The Athenaeum [Public Domain]