Double Your Pleasure 2000

Greg Hildebrandt painted "Double Your Pleasure" with a mixture of precision and playfulness. You can almost see the brush dancing across the canvas, carving out these figures with bold, assured strokes. I imagine Hildebrandt, brush in hand, thinking about the power of doubling, of symmetry. Not just the cheesecake of it all, but the challenge of painting two figures that are similar, yet distinct. The way he uses color feels like a nod to the old masters, but then he cranks it up to eleven with that background. It's a conversation with the past, but with a wink and a nudge. The surface is so smooth, so airbrushed, that it feels like a dream. It is easy to forget the physicality of paint, the way it can be built up or thinned down. It's a reminder that painting is more than just technique; it's about presence, touch, and the ongoing exchange between the artist and their materials.