Setting the stage for deconstructed bodies...

It's been my intention to tackle the body more often in the near future...

Question is: how can I transition from deconstructed faces to deconstructed bodies...without losing face!

The discipline of live model drawing...

I still attend live model drawing classes on a weekly basis these days...

 

There seems to be more freedom creeping up in my recent drawings! I need to drag some of that into my paintings...

Last deconstruction experiment - final... Zeroing in on a painting strategy!

I leveraged the power of a few fellow artists to refine my painting strategy with this new angle...

 Not losing the facial structure was key... I will call this series "cage",  cage of flesh being the concept in mind...

Note to self: "What about bodies?"

Update: The wording "coming out" seems more dynamic than "cage". I think I will go with that...

Fishing for a new series - step II... a bit of improvisation!

Yesterday, I implemented a first step towards getting back to home studio painting...

... I applied a second coat of paint to my last painting in the making (started two weeks ago in a group painting session), not exactly knowing where this would lead me. I have a specific idea in mind for a new series, and next steps will determine if I can pursue or not in that vein...

Back to painting after 7 weeks of renovation work around the house....

It's been difficult to maintain my usual painting schedule this winter, and the dumpster attests to that...

With regard to painting, today I decided to go fishing for a new series...

... so this is the foundation for a new type of deconstruction that I want to introduce in my future works. For now, everything is quite experimental...

Immersed in renovations... a time-out!

I have no time to paint these days. However, I still manage to attend my weekly group painting sessions in ville St-Laurent. I take advantage of a master artist there to address the human body...

...and the depiction of space. These exercises are bound to have an impact on my future works.

Transitioning... from sketches to painting...

Major renovation work in the house has prevented me from painting seriously over the last few weeks. I only have time for some exploratory work around the female figure...

I would like my figures to align with my faces... and in the past, I have favoured close-ups, so I will probably revert back to that...