Back. Oil on paper.
I’ve been trying to find a new way to deal with bodies. This was initially a lot smoother, more carefully rendered. Then I basically started torturing it with a palette knife and now up close it looks like the whole surface of the skin is bristling with static.
Detail from a figure study. (Oil on paper.)
Another detail from the same work-in-progress.
These are just the bits I like. The rest is a shambles.
Another detail from a piece I’m working on. (Oil on paper.)
Detail of a work-in-progress.
I am trying to paint my way out of a slump.
Female figure study. Graphite + white pencil on paper.
Female back study.
Graphite + white pencil on paper.
Another unfinished figure study, ca. 2008. Oil on hardboard panel.
Another unfinished figure study, ca. 2008. Oil on panel (hardboard).
Moue (unfinished), circa 2008. Oil on something, probably cotton.
An unfinished figure study that never saw the light of day. I have no idea where this is now. Painted over, probably.
I’m trying to get back into figure-based stuff. Looking back at older work, I now realize two unnerving things: 1) I have a terrible track record when it comes to finishing things and 2) I used to be better at drawing than I am now.
