New Painting: Seated Nude VI
New Painting: Seated Nude VI Read More »
This is my latest painting which is based on the life drawing study below.
New Painting: Reclining Nude III Read More »
Painting started in life drawing class and continued working on from memory at home (oil on canvas 60cm x 60cm)
Life Drawing 18/7/18 Read More »
This is from last week’s life drawing class, in which the model wore traditional African dress.
Life Drawing Class 4/7/18 Read More »
The Sculpture Garden (Acrylic on canvas 41cm x 41cm). It’s developed from a small sketch made during a life drawing class.
It’s part of a continuing series in which I’m exploring the use of abstracted flat coloured shapes to create the sense of form in space, in order to play with the contradictions of representing the 3D world on a 2D surface.
In this particular piece, I was especially focussed on trying to ‘break’ or ‘buckle’ the picture plane using the teachings of Josef Albers in his book ‘Interaction of Color’, as well as by ongoing fascination with Cubism, Picasso, Matisse and Hockney.
I kept thinking of Matisse’s cutouts made during his later years, when he ‘drew with colour’ using nothing but a pair of scissors and coloured paper.
Finished Painting – The Sculpture Garden II Read More »