New Work, New Directions

 

 

 

 

Working Small

 

4"x6"

Work in Progress

 

Details for Larger Painting

- Focus on light/dark contrast

- Limited palette

 

 

More Palette Knife Paintings

 

I am strangely beginning to find these smaller, less detailed paintings to be more interesting (and enjoyable) than my larger, more detailed paintings. I have been going back to these every time I get stuck on a larger painting. At first the lack of control was frustrating but now it seems liberating.

 

 

New Work in Progress



- Very beginning stages

- Focus on playing with scale

More Palette Knife Paintings

 

 

New Way of Approaching Portraiture

I'm finally starting to realize that in order to make a portrait really be about someone, sometimes you have to stop focusing on what that person looks like. I feel like this is a huge step for me. I have been so focused on trying to make my paintings look like who they are of, but once I'm finished they really do not say anything about that person other than what they look like. I think my work will start to look very different now. Just a few of the artists I am now looking at are Susan Lichtman, Fairfield, Bonnard and Hopper. 

Work In Progress

Most recent painting - In progress

First time using a palette knife for painting on a large scale (2'x3')

Palette Knife Sketches

My mentor suggested I try doing some paint sketches using only a palette knife, focusing mainly on light and using a limited palette. It was...interesting. I have never tried painting this way and I had to give up a lot of control while using the palette knife. Here are a couple of my sketches.