Inside Out (no.1)
Oil on hardboard 12" x 12"
I've been experimenting. Some of it worked. Most of it didn't. But I have found that if I don't experiment nothing at all moves. I can think and write about it till the cows come home but it's the "doing" that pushes me forward. This is a return to oils on board and a return to brushes rather than palette knife. The planes of any faces are seductive. I'm doing what I hope is a mini series but as we all know anything can happen.
posted by Sheila Vaughan at 11:40 AM
10 Comments:
This reminds me of Modigliani. But it's yours so it's better!
The anything that happens in your work always makes me happy. Gorgeous painting.
XO Barbara
Sam, I saw a couple of Modigliani in the Museum of Modern Art earlier this year in Paris. He sure had something.
Barbara, yes, amid the frustrations it kind of makes me happy too. Thanks Barbara.
love the directions you have been exploring recently Sheila...
Thank you Rahina. Like you, I always seem to come back to figurative work. It's a fascination.
Nice, Sheila--a riveting, inventive portrait.
Thank you Don for the great comment. With riveting and inventive I really don't need any more justification! (except that I feel inside me I want to do this).
Nice, I like these close in, slightly unsettling portraits.
Simon, thanks, I'm zooming in right enough. Glad you see a bit of unease.
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