Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Portraits of St. Louis Artists: David Ottinger

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David Ottinger

We first met David Ottinger at last year's studio open house. He is a professor of art at nearby McKendree University and a painter of note. A common theme of his work involves multiple images of the same individual in some kind of struggle with him or herself. He's stuck himself in the middle of the action here.

You can't read the words on the button he's wearing in this small image. It says "Jennifer Weigel was here." She's the artist with the traveling exhibit in the back hatch of her car seen in Sunday's post.
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15 comments:

  1. OlivierAugust 3, 2011 at 12:27 AM

    belle peinture, cela me fait penser un peu a du Norman Rockwell

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  2. PerthDailyPhotoAugust 3, 2011 at 1:10 AM

    He is an amazing artist Bob, the painting behind is excellent (I'm so never showing any of my attempts haha!) and how fantastic that he is so supportive of Jennifer and probably many more young artists.

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  3. cieldequimperAugust 3, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    I like the man's face and I like his art. I wish I could wander around talking to myself.

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  4. Stefan JanssonAugust 3, 2011 at 4:15 AM

    He should of course be wearing a blue shirt when he is posing like this!

    Nice triptych.

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  5. brattcatAugust 3, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    nicely positioned. david ottinger looks a bit like one of the earlier incarnations of dr. who.

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  6. PatAugust 3, 2011 at 6:02 AM

    Good shot. He blends right in with his art!

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  7. BirdmanAugust 3, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    Does he want to paint me? I have struggles? Hahaha Are these friends? Does he do extended interview to learn about his subjects? I've got questions on this one.

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  8. KateAugust 3, 2011 at 6:59 AM

    Am enjoying this theme, Bob. Terrific shots!

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  9. JackAugust 3, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    This is terrific, Bob. I like your photo and I like both the concept and the execution of his work.

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  10. Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.comAugust 3, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    another great image and it is always wonderful to see the artist with their work. he has an interesting theme of seeing the challenges and thought porcesses a human goes through

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  11. NathalieAugust 4, 2011 at 1:33 AM

    I'm really enjoying this series of artists' portraits. Each is so unique. It must have been a fun photo shoot exercise too.

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  12. U "R" Us AKA Captain CroweAugust 4, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    That's fabulous. Perfectly composed!

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  13. CreativeautomatonAugust 5, 2011 at 12:56 AM

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  14. CreativeautomatonAugust 5, 2011 at 12:57 AM

    I enjoy how the artist takes his time with these subjects, it is a skill not seen to often with younger artist, even I should slow down while drawing sometimes. http://www.creativeautomaton.com/

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  15. UnknownAugust 6, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Perfectly composed shot! I really like the painting.

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