Further exploration of panels combining with the large portrait. The flowers were something I had worked on this past summer. They had been almost forgotten until I found this panel at the back of one of the stacks. Kind of a nice surprise when I paired it up with the other panels to it's right. It was exciting to have forgotten about something due to the volume of work in the studio. That will be important to the work. Doing, forgetting, rediscovering, incorporating. This piece may be done.
Proportions: 72"x48"
The bottom panel had been for a long time paired with the large portrait in the top image. Maybe it works better this way. I think that the simplicity of this configuration helps the viewer to really look at the sleeping portrait which had been a huge compositional challenge when it was paired with the large stripped portrait above. I am thinking now that the top panel may look better on the bottom as well rotating it 180 degrees to allow for the linear elements to work off the figurative a little better.
Proportions: 48"x48"
Worked fast and used a lot of matte medium with the paint when roughing in the baby's head.
The medium really helped give the acrylic some body and I liked how it loosened me up with the application. Not that this was the first time using matte medium in this way, but it had been awhile and I had fun rediscovering what it could do.
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