The Big Hat

-

A friend’s mum has lent me some gorgeous ancient lace to paint. 
Work in Progress, currently on the easel:

oil on linen, 40x50cm

Comments

  1. Caroline Peña Bray16 May 2011 at 14:33

    Talk about intricate work! This is amazing! 10 million points for all your patience - I can't wait to see it finished.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Mara16 May 2011 at 17:17

    really beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Mona Diane Conner16 May 2011 at 21:07

    Wow Sophie, what wonderful detail on the lace! This is going to be stunning.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Sophie17 May 2011 at 13:27

    Thanks ladies! I am going to keep on working on it, see how far I can push it.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Shelley Whiting25 May 2011 at 00:55

    Your pictures are very soft and delicate. Your ladies are elegant and classy. Beautiful works.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Sophie25 May 2011 at 09:36

    Wow Shelley, thank you so much.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Debi Fitzgerald25 May 2011 at 14:50

    Your drape/fabric work is outstanding! Hats off to you!!! (pun intended!) Just brilliant!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Lian25 May 2011 at 17:10

    Hello, i completely stumbled apon your blog and i must say i'm glad i did. Your artworks are absolutly beautiful! the detail is so intricate i only wish i could paint like that! Great Job!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Sophie25 May 2011 at 22:36

    LOL, Debi, thanks so much.
    Thank you Lian, great to hear.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Hi, Please leave any comments here. Thanks, Sophie.

Popular posts from this blog

Royal Society of Portrait Painters

-
Image
Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual Exhibition Portraits 2012 The private view of the RP exhibition was, as always apparently, packed. Through the crowds I managed to have a good look around and found myself amazed at the evocative paintings on display. I had so many favourites I could not show them all. There was an impressive collection of portraits of the Queen, to celebrate her jubilee, and of course the celebs were not lacking in presence either. But a hugely touching portrait by David Cobley of his mother stole the show, as did three paintings by RP member Michael Taylor. Antony Williams won the Ondaatje Prize ('best in show’) and his work is absolutely awesome. His portraits in egg-tempera are stern but endlessly subtle, technically amazing and timeless. My painting had a fantastic spot on the wall of the north gallery, surrounded by RP members’ work. I was honoured it was hanging so well. My friend and model was with me and she got recognised immediately by ...
Read more....

The Blue Dress

-
Image
As good as finished but without a title yet, so for now, it is called ‘The Blue Dress' oil on linen, 50x60cm This painting was inspired by a condition called POTS , something I have lived with all of my adult life. POTS is a fairly unknown condition of the autonomic nervous system which makes you dizzy and faint, at best, and wheelchair/bed bound at worst. I wanted to express the feeling of dizziness and loneliness in a painting. For this painting I looked at medieval art, like Fra Angelico’s architecture and drapery, Vermeer’s use of blue, and of light, I picked pieces from Blenheim Palace and my imagination to put this all together in a vision of Alice in Wonderland-styled confusion and dizziness. For more on POTS, check out the patient charity STARS Edit spring 2012: I did some more work on it, here is the final image:
Read more....