Oscar Redux
I really wasn’t all that pleased with the Oscar painting, so I did another…
Bed Head, almost done
There were two things that I was trying to capture in this portrait: (1) the truly epic proportions of Matt’s bed head, and (2) his facial expression – which combines a sleepy acquiescence to it, and the laissez-faire, self-deprecating seriousness with which he stands there, displaying it in all its glory. To me, that is what made it so funny.
I must admit that I failed on both accounts; but – ah, well – it’s my first oil portrait of a person, and I had a blast doing it.
I still need to do the glasses, so it’s drying, for now.
Bed Head… getting there
Is it any coincidence that this is my favorite painting so far, and it’s the one I’ve had the most fun in painting? I think not.
bed head
Working from the bottom up, on this one!
This is Matt.
He has bed head of epic proportions.
Oscar
Art writer Paul Gardner wrote “A painting is never finished, it simply stops in interesting places.”
Oscar should have been finished a couple of weeks ago, but I kept touching it. Now it’s worse.
I’m stopping here, in these interesting places.
Me & Rup… finished
I had to add hair. And glasses (since that’s how most people see me). I usually have an unruly mess of random hair strands falling out of my hat to the side, so I just went with that.
Another one down. Yea.
Oscar in process
I figured this painting would either work up really fast, or I’d spend an eternity on little details that are completely unnecessary (that would be the normal way I paint). Thankfully, the former seems to be the case, and I’m just having fun with this. Now, to finish the white, is all…
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Carl Jung
Nancy Anderson 