I am very lucky to have had Mel pose for me. This painting was a real treat for me, I really enjoyed exploring the light and shade on her arms and belly in particular.
Thanks Mel! x
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The ‘bath’ painting
“Untitled”
Oil on linen
100 x 80cm
This painting is the result of a year of studying and exploring self portraiture. I made lots of studies of this work with drawings, little paintings, water colours and then took this on. I’m pretty proud of it. It’s nicknamed as the “bath” painting.
Here are a few of the preparatory studies I did of this image before painting it:
Drawing of Karl Persson
This is a drawing I did of Melbourne based artist Karl Persson. I drew it in fine liner pen and ink on watercolour paper.
Beginnings..
Hello and welcome!
This is my blog that I will be slowly customizing over the next month. I am going to include images of my works both new and old, exhibition details, traveling details and the like..