Malcolm Liepke

"Model Study, " Modern, Figurative, Portraiture, Painting

Malcolm Liepke is an American figurative painter born in 1953 and raised in Minneapolis. Inspired by the work of artists such as Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Diego Velázquez, Liepke creates lush and sensual portraits. Using a specific method of wet-on-wet oil painting, Liepke’s loose and fluid brushstrokes create intimately voyeuristic portrayals of young men and women. While there is a highly sexual nature to many of his works, Liepke’s interest is in the emotional intensity of his subject’s gaze. Says the artist, “the emotional contact you get from looking at someone’s face is what inspires my work.”