Yellow Umbrella

Yellow Umbrella

(Acrylic and collage on board, 8x8 in)

I made some small changes to this recently and remembered to photograph it today. For "small changes" read "I put a figure in".

 

 Backpacker

(Acrylic on board, 10x10 in)

Painting now complete. I’m always surprised at how the addition of a figure changes the nature, the concept even, of a particular painting. From a purely compositional exercise, this has taken on an added element of narrative.

The Young Fisherman

The Young Fisherman

(acrylic on board, 9x9 in.)

It sometimes amazes me how a painting takes on a life of its own. Anyone following the history of this picture will be very aware that the figure in it had no personality when I started it. I spent a lot of time looking at paintings of portrait heads and thought I knew how the man would look, but once I started to paint, the face grew into what you see here.

It's a pleasure to make his acquaintance.