The British artist talks Gary Evans through a varied career, which includes video game concepts and portraits of cyclists.
Take his portrait of Marco Pantani: brow deeply creased, mouth hanging open, face twisted with physical strain. Cycling fans will know why Karlpicked the Italian cyclist as a subject. In 1998 Pantani won the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia, one of only a handful of cyclists to come top in cycling’s two most prestigious races in the same year. He was an aggressive rider, shaved his head, and wore bandanas and earrings. Fans loved him and called him The Pirate. Karl’s painting of Pantani seems to work like a good piece of photojournalism: illuminating both sportsman and sport, capturing a moment.
Karl does sometimes work from photographic reference, and a quick Google search brings up the exact image he used to paint Pantani’s portrait. He’s taken away the background – road, bike, spectators – but he’s added something, too. There’s a haunting aspect about Pantani’s eyes, something suggesting they’re troubled by more than just physical strain. It’s the kind of thousand-yard stare that reminds you of soldiers photographed after the battle, the stare that you see in all of Karl’s cycling portraits.
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