Whence Inspiration
Two Artists Describe Their Muse
Gustav Klimt painted Adele Bloch-Bauer. Eric Clapton sang about Pattie Boyd (also known as “Layla”). Dante wrote about Beatrice. In advance of “Gustav Klimt’s Stolen Masterpiece,” a Zócalo event, a painter and composer describe their muse.
She is slightly short and gracefully curved
My muse is named Leah. I have been painting her for a year and a half and have made over 10 paintings and half a dozen drawings. I find Leah infinitely “paintable.” Some figure models, the ones we painters melt over, look graceful and natural in …
