Art Throb

Timothée Chalamet seems to be everywhere right now, we saw him in “Dune” and there’s also a new Wes Anderson movie coming out, “French Dispatch”.

I was intrigued by this new kind of Hollywood man, and what he represents.

Somewhere on the internet, I read that a special word had been invented for him:

art throb. A hipster artist boy who is too cute for words and has the personality and talent to boot.

Then, in a recent article in Time Magazine, I found a picture that seems to capture Timothée’s “art throb” spirit. It inspired me to go back to one of the masters, Henri Matisse.

I’ve been fascinated by Matisse’s portrait sketches for a while (you may remember this), and how he captures a personality with just a few lines.

I decided I would paint Timothée the art throb as a portrait only with lines. It makes me insecure and feeling naked, because usually my paintings have colour and lot more detail. But my husband reassured me, and after repeating it a few times, I felt like maybe I did do a good job. Actually I think, I kinda nailed it.

Finally, I had a little fun with Photoshop, creating a poster for an exhibition by the imaginary master artist Matissu!

Something a bit old, but the ideas are still new