Brothers

Lewis asked his models to pose as they felt comfortable, and insisted they wear clothing of their own choosing. In this way, he recorded the fashions of the time and created a collaborative relationship with his sitters. The artist’s friends called him a fashionista, and frequent models would sometimes challenge him with particularly complex fabric weaves or patterns. Lewis sometimes asked them to leave clothing behind so he could work on the depiction of the fabrics.

These brothers sport the preppy fashions of the early 1980s. Lewis designed the painting around the contrasting intensity of the pale blue shirt at left and the vibrant purple at right. Lacoste was a high-status brand, and the artist makes the alligator logo stand out on shirt and belt.

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