Original artwork description:

A painting with a cascading format of blocks of red coat colour and abstractive blouse pattern within a figurative component. Like the Harlequin painting it was a tricky concept to resolve. The goal is always to achieve a proportionality of marks and shapes on its surface, then to combine style and subject manner to form a unified painting.

Acrylic on superior rolled canvas board, this painting has a base coat of burnt orange or raw sienna and consists of further opaque pigments with subsequent layers of colour washes. This building of the work gives it texture and controlled vibrance.

Finished with a coat of Winsor & Newton Satin UV varnish, this not only protects the painting, but has a unifying effect. A suggested frame width of at least 60mm or more for this size painting. Narrow frames on large paintings have tendency to not sit well and have a habit of warping.

Materials used:

acrylic on superior rolled edged canvas board

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