Fooling around with a more sculptural look, at least in the background and the hair. I've long seen myself as a more sculptural painter, and yet I rarely seem to apply that method to my work. This is an attempt to break out of a mold and get more playful with the medium.
This is a quick study that I rendered for a larger painting I envision that may not look much like this one when I'm done. This was just to get familiar with the figure's contours. I wanted an elongated torso a la Modigliani, so I exaggerated it on this figure based on the Matisse sculpture "Reclining Nude."
This is a winter scene from the property in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico where I lived in 2018. It was a magical 4-acre property, a sculpture garden with both natural and man-made sculptures dotted throughout, one of which (a wood totem) is visible beyond the stream on the right.
