Conrad Roset; Part of Muses I, Ink & Watercolor, 2010
In his Muses series, Catalan artist Conrad Roset draws/paints women he knows personally. He uses the personality and character of his models as inspiration for the expressive and emotional qualities of the works, fictionalizing the models as Muses. The models' poses are extrapolated using expressive line work and use of color in order to extrude them into a fantasy world.
In this piece specifically, Roset emphasizes the model's eyes and left hand with swatches of drippy, saturated watercolor. The viewer's eye is drawn to the model's, even though her's are turned away from the picture plane. Roset uses a very saturated black ink to create explosive wisps of hair and more depressive drips. The muse is clearly miserable; her hair a mass of gloomy, foreboding black, her gaze downwards, and her red and yellow tears. The combination of beauty and dejection leads the viewer to believe that the muse encountered some kind of heartbreak. The viewer then encounters his or her own heartbreak while looking at her. She is, however, clearing the hair from her eyes, as if implying that there is some prevailing hope. This sense is increased by the delicate blues and purples in her arm.
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