Another Work Finished! – ‘Foxy Lady With Guitar’

I’m thrilled that this work is finished, she turned out better than I thought she would – her eyes and lips had been very elusive to me and I found with this painting as with others that the things that looked the simplest to do were the most difficult – the simple black line around the lady I thought would be easy, it wasn’t – not for me anyhow. And as I said, the eyes and lips remained elusive for a long time.

With this picture I found again that being imperfect works for me – it’s not a factually correct, realistic picture, and even something like the black line circumscribing the body but not quite being on the perimeter of the flesh was fun to do for me. I like the feeling of a painting, not it’s exactitude in terms of perceived reality.

There again, my eyesight for small things is not good, so the fact I like to do simplified work is fortunate.

Again, if you’d like to see this painting in better detail just click on the image – your wish is granted!