Creating Lady Chatterley’s Lover- 05-10-25

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D.H. Lawrence

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover – 05-10-25’ honors English author D.H. Lawrence. My visual interpretation of his greatest novel. It must have been decades ago since I read the book in high school. Somehow lingering about in the back of my head I always knew I had to do something with this theme. Not sure what and when but last week an idea came to mind. Not really thematically but online I saw a beautiful interior of an English manor that inspired me. It’s all based on geometric principles.

Contrasts in Straight and Round Forms

The initial plan was to create a series of straight planes set off against organic and round structures. For that matter I also wanted a layered outlook with the left wall and behind that a sofa. Behind that the outer wall with a window with a view. In the back there would be a gardener with some trees behind him. This way there still are some dynamics present for the viewer whereas the overall scenery is quiet and peaceful.

Joachim Stiller-like

Last Monday I had a talk with a student in art class. We discussed the possibilities of having a painting on the wall depicting a scene to the left of that wall. Such matched my own growing idea of the drawing at hand perfectly. The gardener almost looks like a sort of Joachim Stiller figure. Not too elaborated. Her lover must remain a mystical man. Perhaps it’s only a dream, just like my sheep I drew last May.

Valéry Kaprisky

Of course, savvy art connaisseurs know the meaning of a glass of wine next to a sleepy woman. Right now, I’m dreaming of putting this one in oil. About time, since my last surrealist painting of Venus Lamenting is already more than a year old. Or better call it ‘magical realism’? Last but not least: I was wondering what kind woman I would like to look like Lady Chatterley. Well, whilst creating her portrait I suddenly realized her mouth looked a bit like Valéry Kaprisky’s. Not exactly her hair though.

Graphite pencil (Faber Castell Pitt Graphite Matt pencil 14B) drawing on Talens Bristol paper (21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers