Danielle in Front of a Japanese Print

Oil on board, 9" x 14", NFS

This painting was obviously not done in

one day, as a matter of fact, it took me

about two weeks to paint, but, I had so

many family obligations today that I

didn't have the time to paint, so I decided

to post an example of the type of work I

used to show in galleries.

I do love this painting - it is a painting of a

friend of my daughter's, but I didn't love the

amount of time it took, the intense detail it

involved, or what it did to my right hand.

I ended up with no cartiledge between the

bones of my thumb from painting so much

with my fingers pinced together to create

the detail.

I absolutely love color! And, I think what I

am facing now is a way to achieve the coloristic

complexity of this work while doing it in a looser,

quicker manner, which is more enjoyable and

certainly more relaxed. Right now I am experi-

menting - proving that one is never too old to

experiment!

This is painted over a grisaille underpainting

(a black and white underpainting). This actually

makes painting easier, but it is a long, drawn-out

process which I seem to have lost the patience for.

Daily painting has changed my attitude towards a

lot of things...

Thanks for visiting today.