Absinthe Revisted
This painting is an idea sketch done in tempera. The social scenes that Degas painted have been a large inspiration to me. This painting combines his well known painting "The Absinthe Drinkers" with a lesser known portrait (the man seated at the table in the bottom of the painting). I do not arrogantly assume that I have anything to offer the works of master craftsmen like Degas, but it is fun to toy with the idea.