Figures in Motion, `18×18” oil on portrait linen, day 2
DETAIL of figures in motion
this new painting contains figures that have appeared in many of my recent paintings. but they’ve never been in the same space together. what their individual roles are is up to you, the viewer. but they have in common the fact that they are all captured at a moment in time when they’re engaged in something involving the movement of their bodies, mostly dancing.
as you may have noticed, i get off on putting together people who have never met and never will, other than in my paintings. each of them are caught mid-motion, each playing their part in a dance they never signed up for. by looking at and contemplating them in this setting you are creating a story. your story of what’s going on.
due to the special nature of the portrait linen i used for this work, they….these diverse figures, are part of a painterly event. as i’ve said before, this portrait linen allows for painterly marks that would be impossible on other surfaces, accepting every slight movement of my arm and hand like a lover reveling in her partners touch.
at work this morning on Figures in Motion, 20×20”
10:42 AM: i took fgures in motion to the next stage this morning.