“Julian” Oil on Canvas 30″ x 40″ It’s been quite a while since I’ve dabbled in the world of WordPress. So, all week long I’ll be posting a backlog of paintings beginning with this one. It’s a near to life sized portrait of my son, Julian; composer, arranger, singer/songwriter, musician, writer, teacher, and visual artist. Below …
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A Passive Upbraiding
Oil on Linen with Gold Leaf 16″ x 20″ Beginning 1 & 2 Hair: meaningful in so many traditions and cultures. The way that we wear it may be a statement, a passive rebellion, an identifier, an obsession, a tabu or even a code. It’s a point of pride and a worry, and it’s oh …
Portrait of S
Oil on Linen 24″x 24″ One of those paintings that I keep fussing with. I’ll probably give it a week of rest and then fine tune it a little bit more.
Illuminated
Oil on Linen 8″x 15″ An exercise I could have taken farther, but decided to leave as is.
OMG
Oil on Canvas 12″x12″ Alla Prima In this piece, I’ve mixed mindful linear accents with an even focus of hues and values. I’m working furiously at the moment, so please forgive my lack of attention (for the time being), to all of your terrific blogs. I’ll move back into blogger mode soon and enjoy catching up …
Elusive
Acrylic and oil on canvas 18″x24″ For this piece, I followed the same procedure as “Active Resolve” . I’m finding it a satisfying process, at least for the moment;)
Delicate
An alla prima oil 11″x14″
A New Home
Ribbon Study Oil on Canvas 16″x20″ A study, for another ribbon themed piece. And, a new website. http://www.elenacaravela.net
Two Sides
Two variations of K. There are so many ways to portray a subject. Even when the portrait is figurative, a straight forward depiction of likeness; a literal likeness of an individual, it’s a challenge to decide which aspect of your model you want to highlight or capture. That said, I’ve been playing with “sets”. These …
Experiments In Oil#3
I LOVE to paint portraits, people, figures, gestures. In the hands of a skilled and thoughtful artist, Old Master or contemporary, there is no subject more compelling for me than a portrait. But, paintings of people can sometimes leave me less than satisfied. They can sometimes appear to me, too pretty, or too gimmicky, too …
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