Kauai beach scene two - final step... an attempt at contemporary realism... I'll leave it at that!

I think this one will complete my beach scene series featuring the muse... until my next vacation in August!

Although I want my style to be much more expressionistic... I had fun doing this one while embarrassing the muse once again! I ran out of gas doing the grass and left it relatively incomplete.

Note to self: I'd like to explore the female figure differently in the future... but how? I bought a book on Philip Pearlstein recently and was amazed by the variety of poses he uses, the unusual perspective he applies to his figures and his cropping of the figures. Could this be a lead?"