Ilissos the River God, 24x36 inches oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas by Kenney Mencher in collaboration with Lee Faircloth

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Here's a video on Youtube about this painting,
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Portrait of a Bald, Muscular Bearded Man in Semi Reclining Pose with a Reddish Beard and a Hairy Chest,

• Idealized male bodies in poses that show off their beauty are something that is throughout the history of art.
  
  Sometimes I get on an art history kick! (I was a professor of art history for around twenty years.) In this painting I was thinking about one of the sculptures from the pediment of the Greek classical building of the Parthenon from around 450 BCE of a reclining figure "Ilissos the River God."
  
  Color and texture are also things I explored in this painting. In the flesh tones I used "non-local colors." A non-local color is a color such as a blue or a purple in the flesh tones that you wouldn't ordinarily expect to find there.
  
  The brush work and textures are designed to emphasize the direction of the planes of the muscles and other parts of the body. I'm hoping that the brushwork is kind of calligraphic and adds to making the figure feel real and have volume.
  
  In the background, I began with thin coats of a warmer gray then went over the next layer with a brush and the last layer is a kind of "skip coat" using plastering knives to create a more tangible and thicker coat in a lighter tone.
  
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  The size is a standard US frame size and can be framed inexpensively. (Buy framing kits on the US version of Etsy, Amazon or go to DickBlick. (.com's)
  
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  This painting came in the mail today and it is even better in person than the image on Etsy! The well-chosen colors, interesting and perfectly constructed composition, and the great use of brush strokes to define the musculature, all indicate that this painting was made by a master artist. I would be remiss, too, if I did not also thank him for his great service, quick shipping, and all the extras he sent along with the painting, itself. Thank you!
  
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  Great communication with the artist regarding the shipping process. When the package arrived I was very impressed with the care taken - the padding shows he values the work as much as I do. Surprised with the extras he slipped in the package - a watercolor study for the diptych, a program detailing his works and history, and several notecards (that will probably end up framed as well). I’m so happy to have found Mencher’s work.
  
  
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