Thursday, March 21, 2013

Painting likes to move around.

This started as a still-life for an upcoming show.  After seven hours or so it was starting to shape up.

but something wasn't right and I covered it with black paint and decided I would work on it today (Thursday).  Little did I know that a sick cat would take me to the vet, home, and that I would be digging a very good-size hole - I like to dig.

Jess and still-life, oil on canvas  40" x 48"
Anyway, by the time that my model got to the studio, I pushed the table to the right and made it a lot smaller, and added the figure on the left (rather than a chair).  It is a long way from looking the way I imagine it, but it is something to work with.
Jess and still-life, oil on canvas  40" x 48" (after some re-working the angle of the head)

After a bit more work this week.