This work is 14 x 10″ and will I think be completed next week. There is a painting called Wishing, Waiting, Wanting on my website which is framed in a cool, contemporary dark wood frame (email me for photo image), which was to be included in my work at the Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead. However, the gallery I am with in London has now decided to take my work to Miami Art Fair instead and for this they require larger paintings. So the work is now available on my website to buy. The reason for mentioning the above is that I thought it would be great to paint another work to compliment ‘WWW’. The blonde young woman fits with the dark brunette putting her hair up; they are both quiet, peaceful works and I am looking forward to seeing them side by side. If you are interested in purchasing one or both of these works, please get in touch – I am open to offers on one or either. I have had great feedback on titles this piece, but am still not totally decided. Since adding in the phone I am getting closer, but please let me know if…
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After the bright, fun colours of ‘Moving On’, I felt I wanted to paint a quieter piece, more reflective and peaceful, which I think I am achieving with this work. Looking again at ‘Waiting, Wishing, Wanting’ on the website, I decided I would like to have a painting that compliments this, a young, pensive, blonde woman set next to a dark haired woman putting her hair up, also looking thoughtful. I would be interested in any feedback here too? It is important to think as much of the background as the figure when painting a picture. Invariably, I will put touches of colour from the figure into the background, to pull the whole composition together. Hence there is a hint of the pink used in the skirt on the wall, and also a touch of the blonde shade in the hair is in the backdrop. The same pink tone has been put into the deep red of the wine glass and even a little of the deep red into the flesh tones. The bedspread she is sitting on is a neutral cream/beige but I may change this as time goes on if I feel the painting is too bland. I…
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4 different images were involved in this piece and then I used my imagination to work out what I wanted to portray. For me it is a woman kicking up a splash as she metaphorically moves on from some situation in her life, be it a relationship issue, a job situation, or perhaps kicking back against ageing; as always the viewer can make up his or her mind. The painting of the shadows in the background was deliberate, as was the light shining on the water. I had originally wanted to paint another swimming pool scene, but as the painting evolved, decided there was more depth (!) in a sea water painting than in a swimming pool, which is man made. Having said that, I wonder if the ‘man made’ idea would have worked better for a relationship issue of Moving On. Ah well, too late. I have started my next painting, which is going to be a blonde woman brushing her hair set in half light. I want this to complement my ‘Waiting, Wishing ‘Wanting’ work as I think a pair of women, one with dark hair, one with light, would work well – and the dark frame on…
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