I'm calling this finished! I'm slightly dissatisfied with a few things, but I'm at the point where my paper can't take any more fine-tuning in those areas. So I'm taking that as a sign that I need to stop and move on. I may try this again sometime, but not right away.
It's interesting to compmare this to the freestyle portrait. It's like this is her physical being, and the other is her spirit.
ReplyDeleteThere's a trapped feeling about this one that is disturbing. But I don't think that is a bad thing. It makes it powerful as a statement. The flat surface at the bottom of the painting that both truncates her and pushes against her seems to do it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I was going for "trapped," but the bottom shape was intentional. I wanted to surround her with her accoutrements (her walker, chair, pillow and iPad), with positioning and posture that's familiar.
DeleteI like all of this!I assume that you didn't mean for this to a be comfortable.
ReplyDeleteKind of reminds me of Sara's daffodil, the soft subject and the hard and geometrical background.
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