It is difficult to tell where the mask worn by this figure ends and his face begins—or is it a mask at all? Inspired by travels abroad and by ancient mythology, Robert Lostutter creates drawings and watercolors that merge humans, birds, and plants into fantastical hybrids. The otherworldly subject of this drawing is made all the more strange by the refined and precise style in which it is rendered.
Robert Lostutter (b. 1939), Night Garden, 2015. Graphite, 26 11/16 x 37 in. (67.7 x 94 cm). Gift of Mark and Judy Bednar; 2016.54.
Copyright © 2015 Robert Lostutter. Courtesy the Artist and Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago.