Autumn
Autumn, oil on canvas, 60x40cm
Here are some progress images:
The Blue Dress
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:
Amazingly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant,as are all your portraits!!! Seems like you are painting the seasons backwards....summer next??!!!:-)
ReplyDeletelovely, just lovely
ReplyDeletethanks all so much.
ReplyDeleteLOL, Chris! Yes, snowflakes and now autumn....I’ve done ‘summer’ a while back, so just Spring left to do!! Got more winter ideas though....
Here’s summer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sophieploeg/3932842030/in/set-72157604967383417
Beautiful Sophie. Thanks for the progress shots, always interesting to see. Good luck in the competition.
ReplyDeleteAccidentally stumbled upon your blog. Loved what I saw.
ReplyDeleteThanks Erik! Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteThank you Peter, and welcome - glad you found me Shawn!