It has been suggested to me that this painting looks as if the couple are in an arm wrestling match! Not my intention at all I assure you. This is a couple toasting their future together. They could be engaged he could be married or she could be or they could be toasting their divorce – who know these days? It could be cheesy I suppose, but this couple were both going through divorces and were just very happy to have found each other and I wanted to paint that. It is available on the website framed or unframed. With the painting on the right I was very tempted to call this Does My Bum Look Big in This but decided it wasn’t very professional. However it’s every woman’s nightmare when she tries on a new dress however slim she looks and I felt most women would identify with the image. However again the viewer will make up their own idea as to what is happening. This could indeed be The Tailor as I have finally called the painting. It is painted in oils and is on the website available framed or unframed . This Line Art is painted in cream…
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This is one of my favourite paintings with one of my favourite models. However the art dealer I work with would not take it on because of the unpolitically correct cigarette in the painting, something I had never thought of. I think the viewer can make of this image whatever they like. I deliberately put a ring on the guy’s finger so that it could be the start of an illicit affair or it could be completely innocent, it’s up to the viewer. As always I use the palette of blues and purples that I love so much. This work is available framed or unframed and prices are on my site http://www.michewatkins.com. The second painting is of the same girl just having some downtime, relaxing and enjoying herself . I cropped this work as I don’t think you always have to have the whole face, the eye of the viewer can interpret the rest of the image. I LOVED using the pink palette here . Framed and unframed the size and price is the same as The First Move on my website and is available. This is one of my Line Art paintings which are cream acrylic with a touch…
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I used two of my favourite models for this painting as they interact so well together. I explained what it was I wanted from them and the ideas I had in my head and then left them to it while I snapped away with my camera. Very quickly they forgot I was there which was great. In an ideal world I would always paint from life, but this is just not always possible and I have now got a great set of reference photos for future use. I feel with this painting the viewer can make up their own mind as to what is happening here which is why I so like painting narrative figurative works as opposed to the straight portraiture I used to do. I have used strong colours here deliberately, as I feel this is a strong painting and have therefore framed it in the white tray format which compliments it. It is available in my website http://www.michewatkins.com and can be bought framed or unframed. This is is a small fun painting which I decided to crop and with the help of one of my friends on Twitter is called ‘Friday’ – a great name for that…
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