Women

I love to paint beauty and painting women is endlessly fascinating. Wherever I am in the world, I seek out the most beautiful women to photograph, sketch and paint. Women’s bodies are lovely, their clothing is colourful and intriguing and their hair is a beautiful dance of light and shadow. I often will take an abstract piece, superimpose a woman on top so that the figure is merely suggested and it does not obscure the under painting. This makes the piece mysterious and this is what I am aiming for.

These first five paintings below are part of the Windswept series. Each started life as failed acrylic pour. I believe I have successfully snatched victory from the jaws of defeat! I took the failed pieces, reoriented them and then superimposed faces on top. I made minor adjustments to the negative space and left the wild, windy hair.

Brainstorm, 12 x 16 in acrylic

Waves of Rapture, 18 x 24 in, acrylic over poured paint

Headwinds III, 11 x 15 in, acrylic on poured paint

Windswept II, 8 x 10 in, acrylic on gallery canvas

Headwinds, 8 x 10 in, acrylic pouring swipe

Divine Feminine, 24 x 22 in, acrylic SOLD

Bare Essentials, Mixed media, 24 x 20 in SOLD

Sisters, 24 x 30 in, mixed media, collage

Fascinator, 24 x 20 in, mixed media

Dream Catcher II, 9 x 14 in, collage

Dream Catcher I, 9 x 14 in, collage

Bare Essentials IV

At the Lake III, 24 x 20 in, mixed media

Cello Dream II, 30 x 24 in, acrylic

Floating to Market II, 14 x 10 in, mixed media

Floating to Market, 14 x10 in, acrylic

Spirit Vista, 5 ft by 5 ft, mixed media

Inlé Water Taxi II, watercolour, 13 x 13 in

Thai Dancers IV, watercolour, 9 x 12 in

Don Det Vendor II, Watercolour, 12 x 9 in

Boys Play, Girls Work, 12 x 10 in, mixed media

Water Taxi Driver, 36 x 30 in, acrylic

Boys Play, Girls Work III, 20 x 16 in, mixed media collage

Sitting Pretty, 20 x 16 in, watercolour SOLD

Floating Market Vendor, 30 x 24 in SOLD

Kimono and Kerchief, mixed media, 28 x 20 in

Dancing With Dolphins, 22 x 30 in, mixed media

Rainbow Gazing, 12 x 9 in, watercolour

Beach Reflections, 12 x 9 in, watercolour

Wild One

Zanzibar, mixed media, 48 x 24 in

Maude and Elixe, collage, 22 x 18 in.

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