A little over a month ago I met Amy Rims: a talented oil painter who can create an accurate portrait in like, 5 minutes, with thick layered globs of paint ("likes this"). Amy posted an ad on Craigslist for fellow artists proposing to meet once or twice a week in her basement with a live model. I couldn't have found her at a better time since I really miss the energy that is cultivated when working around others, and aside from my usual abstractions of nature I love working with live models and need the practice. I used to primarily render the figure in charcoal - never paint - so each week I have been working in water color, acrylic, or oils. I'm not trying to think about it too much because I don't want to lose the whimsical nature of my painting style, but I am hoping to gain likeness through brevity and power in each brushstroke. Here are a couple of my favs:
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| Lisa & Othello This was my first attempt at painting the figure on canvas since like 1992. |
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| Lisa I painted this with Renoir's babes on the brain; I had gone to the Philadelphia Museum earlier that day to view Late Renoir. I was identifying with him very much that day, even if he is the Thomas Kinkade of figurative painting. Call me Tom, I won't be too insulted. : P |
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| A quickie of Lisa |
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| A quickie of Shivanni She was delightful. |
