Gallery | Connie McNees

Hands

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Back

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Derriere

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Abs

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Grace

As a dancer, I have long had an interest in the human body as a machine of many interlocking parts,...

Day Dreaming

What is a dream? To me, whether they are the waking reveries of our minds or more mysterious nocturnal fantasies,...

Feather

I seldom work in oil or acrylic paints, unless I am faced with a subject that cries out for them...

Author

One day, my friend Michael asked if I would do a pastel portrait of him for the dust jacket of...

Jim

I once had an elderly neighbor named Jim, who would come by my house looking for work. One day I...

Gully

Asheville is famous for its music and nightlife, especially the large as drumming gatherings of musicians and dancers. One of...

Waiting for the Masquerade

I love to draw feathers with pastels because the marks pastels make have a wonderful feathery quality. Knowing this, my...

Medallion

Years ago, in Europe, I saw a wonderful pastel from the 1890’s of a woman wearing a head wrap and...

Intrusion

Intrusion represents one of those happy accidents that turn a routine modeling session into an unexpected happening. While I was...

The Girl

At first glance, this conte drawing may look like a typical studio drawing of a nameless model. However, I concentrated...

Blue Ribbon

Blue Ribbon is a second study of the young woman who appears in Red Wrap. On this day, she arrived...

Red Wrap

The model that posed for Red Wrap arrived at my studio in a bit of a dither. She was having...

Poor Joe

Diane Sawyer reported on national television about the large number of children in this very prosperous nation who lived with...

Heritage

Heritage represents three ages of womanhood. The triadic theme is an old one and it appears in many cultures, including...

Scarf

In Scarf, I have tried to create a duality and strong sense of contrast between thought and action in the...

Brooke

The statue of Brooke uses much the same pose as two of my pastels, Intrusion and Red Wrap. The figure...

Grateful

In the marble sculpture of “Grateful”, I have taken the basic pose used in the preparatory drawing, keeping the reach...

Pink

Watching Pink perform at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards program, I was so impressed with her physical skills and artistry...

Storm

Storm represents two contrasting figures struggling against the powers of nature. The woman is looking back as if she has...