Glow

"Glow", Acrylic on Panel, 10x8"

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Here's yet another figure study to end my week.  I'm going out of town tomorrow and will be offline until Wednesday.

I think this is the most successful yet.  There's a great sense of light and movement, especially in the fabric of the dress.

Gaze

"Gaze", Acrylic on Panel, 8x10"

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Here's another figure study for my Dryad's series.  I love the ambiguous expressions.

Pause

"Pause", Acrylic on Panel, 10x8"

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I decided to do some of my figure studies as my daily paintings this week.  These are some images I was hesitating to do on large boards, but wanted to try.  I love the gesture of the figure in this one - it looks like she's thinking about something serious.

I opted to go a bit bigger than my usual daily size so I can get better detail on the figures.  I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out.  I especially like the back foot.

Aurae

"Aurae", Acrylic on Board, 24x36"

Here's another large tree painting to start the week.  The title is a nod to the Greek nymphs of the breezes, which came to mind when I looked at the finished piece.  I think the swirling brushstrokes do a great job capturing the movement of wind through the leaves.

Coil

"Coil", Acrylic on Panel, 7x5"

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Here is yet another example of plant-life from the Pacific northwest.  I'm not quite as happy with how this one came out as it was hard to get the detail I wanted.  The tree had an amazing coiled trunk - maybe not a tree but some sort of overgrown vine?  I love the brushwork on the foliage in the background though.

Bough

"Bough", Acrylic on Panel, 5x7"

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This is an image from one of my earlier shoots.  I think Meghan looks so graceful in this pose.  It was extremely frustrating to do it this small - even with a size 0 brush.  I don't know how other artists do it! Here's one of my local favorites who does incredible tiny portraits (www.fatimaronquillo.com).

Thorns

"Thorns", Acrylic on Panel, 36x24"

I decided that I'd finish and share my newly completed large painting today instead of doing my regular little piece.  For the most part, I'm happy with how how it turned out.  I was a bit frustrated that I couldn't get a better likeness of Meghan (the one in red), but I like the expression on her face as rendered.

I'm having a lot of fun with these multi-figure paintings.  As soon as you introduce a second figure, there's a sense of story - since you try to figure out the relationship between the two people.  I picked the title because the women reminded me of a flowers (rose & violet) and relationships between women are never simple.