Portrait WIP
I am working on a triple portrait (a commission)
with the client’s permission, here are some teaser pictures....
with the client’s permission, here are some teaser pictures....
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:
Wow Sophie, quite a job ! I'm convinced it will turn out to be excellent.
ReplyDeleteGilberte
Hi Sophie,
ReplyDeleteYour work is always so nice and I really like the way you work around fabric and textures in your portraits or still life..
This ones sure going the right direction..
Something interesting is that you are painting it upside down.. Do you always work that ways.. Not sure if you answered such query already as I am not able to find any FAQs..
Cheers,
Rohit
Thank you Gilberte!
ReplyDeleteRohit, sometimes I paint a bit upside down. It helps to see compositional issues and recognise shapes and form. Its like looking into a mirror from time to time. I don’t work upside down all the time, just sometimes turn it to help me ‘see’.