Life Study

2024
Oil on canvas
30cm x 40cm

The painting is an oil sketch to develop a sense of light and colour for a larger work. The subject is also the model's expression of the pose – alert and energised. The piece explores the painterly effect of quick, spontaneous brushwork and the boldness of simple graphic shapes as techniques for communicating a fleeting moment in time. The work is a study in the materiality of paint and the articulation of atmosphere.