Reu'ven Gayle's Chalk Carving

This work of art was provided by the talented Reu'ven Gayle unsolicited. This work of art was also not featured in any of our magazines. This is his story:

"I began drawing as soon as I could hold up a pencil. At 7 I was given a Paint by Numbers set, but couldn't stand following the lines. Turning it over I did my first Plein Air painting of our back yard. At 15, in 1968, I saw a movie on TV called "The Agony and the Ecstacy," about Michaelangelo. In the opening scenes it shows Michaelangelo chipping away at a huge white block of marble. That scene turned something on inside me and inspired me. Not having a block of marble, I found a stick of chalk on the kitchen blackboard and a large hat pin and began carving. Though I've sculpted in many materials on grander scales over the years, my miniatures in chalk still continue to challenge and inspire me.

 

Seeing each artists portrait of B.Eric Rhoads in every issue of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine kept nagging at me. When I saw actual images of Mr. Rhoads doing an interview on a DVD of artist Eric Koeppel, I used some still shots from the video and created my own version of his portrait in a stick of chalk."

Here are some images of Reu'ven Gayle's artwork:

 

 

 

Comments

[Randall]

This is amazing!.. Talent!! It inspires creativity :)

[Alpha Shashinka]

One can only marvel at the talent, patience, skill, and time required of Mr. Gayle, to create so detailed a likeness from a simple stick of chalk. It calls to mind for me a quote from Michelangelo, "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."

What a unique gift their own chalk carving would be for all of those hard-to-buy-for souls on our holiday shopping lists! Can you post the artist's contact information?