This is a paintover (can you guess what is under the portrait? Okay, the answer is grapefruits in a bowl). I painted over a still life that I liked, but did not love. So goodbye to that still life and hello to portrait #63.
This lovely woman is wearing a patterned dress that I totally screwed up pattern-wise, but also was intrigued enough to repeat a similar pattern in the background in two places. What do you think? Would the background be better blank? I tend to fiddle with the backgrounds somewhat just to add more visual interest, which was my aim here. And I had made the whole painting so orange that I wanted a touch of blue somewhere other than the highlights in her hair. Perhaps it's too much blue and leads you too much away from her face? Anyway, the reference photo for this painting comes thanks to Bryce C. Liston and model Nadia S. So thank you to those two for the inspiring reference!
8x8" oil paint on linen panel.
Here are some process shots:
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