They came with bows in their hair - re-work
Acrylic on hardboard 8" x 8"
I started off my painting day this morning by doing a couple of exercises from Emily Ball's book "Drawing and painting people: a fresh approach". It limbered me up to attack yesterday's "bows" painting. The green was irritating me too much anyway. It wasn't long before a third, tall figure emerged. This hardboard panel has been re-worked so many times (it was many other things before the "bows")it is now developing a sculptural quality of its own with little nublicks of paint. It is beginning to resemble a real linen covered board.
posted by Sheila Vaughan at 12:11 PM
5 Comments:
Hi Sheila,
I liked the original, and this is wonderful. It makes me happy to see how you transform your work. Like you I rarely see a piece as finished forever.
XOBarbara
Barbara, no, that's right. I could revisit the ones I have sitting around up here and the work would last me till I popped off I should think. I do love re-working actually. I think I learn a lot from it.
The figures are there but seem now more felt rather than described, and the layer upon layer gives it some history.
I really like this piece Sheila.
I think you should explore this way of painting more deeply.
Thanks for the insight David. Definitely I wanted to resist "tidying up" - and for me it is hard to resist. That is something I need to work on. Although I am the untidiest person around the house, when it comes to my paintings I am more inclined to obsessively "putting things in order". The phrase you use "Felt rather than described" is a really useful one which I will try to keep in mind.
The changes are a big YES from me, Sheila!
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