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Open Studio Tour Coming.

5/3/2012

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I am taking part in an open studio tour on the 19 and 20th of May.  That is giving me the motivation to refresh my studio space, so I have decided that new paint is in order.  Presently my studio/gallery is painted a great green that does compliment most artwork very well, but is a bit dark when working on portraits inside.  I think I will go with a more traditional gallery white so I can control my lighting more effectively.  You are invited to come out, see some new paintings, and inspect my renovation.  I will get the tour info up on my exhibits page. See http://studiotour.wordpress.com/ 
I am soldiering on with my portraits, so I'll share a few recent ones with you. . .


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Here is Carol.  I am still painting in the same size but have flipped my canvas' into a vertical format.
This gives opportunity to try different compositions from what I have been working on in the horizontal.  This one is pretty straight forward.  I have placed Carol slightly off centre with pretty even light falling across most of her face.
I would describe this one as a high-key painting.  The shadowed areas are pretty high value with plenty of reflected light bouncing into them.
I chose to introduce some low value areas on each side of her face in order to accentuate her left earring  and balance the composition on her right side.





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Torin is set up in artificial lighting because the outdoor lighting was too unreliable.  I really  do need a proper studio with plenty of north facing windows (whine, whine).
My subject  was a very patient sitter, so I was able to get my head into the final painting early on.  I wanted to introduce his hands as well as his casual posture.  I think it all hangs together pretty well.














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Steve was a good sport on this one.  I really enjoyed working with him.  His tats have great significance for him, so I wanted to make them a big part of this piece.  I did have to respect the tattoo artist's copyright, so I kept things vague but recognizable to Steve.
The orange flesh hues are complimented by blue and violet/white in the background.  This thing really "pops".  
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5/10/2012 10:01:52 pm

Just read your comment on Glen newsletter and came over to see your work. I haven't gotten past the portraits - I love them. Wonderful, thanks for sharing. Carun

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