Original artwork description:

Willem deKooning is well known for his abstract expressionists works of art. Woman I was one of a series of six paintings centered upon a female figure that deKooning worked on from 1950 to 1953.

Here, he took the opportunity to further experiment with the wide-ranging methods of applying paint to canvas. It might surprise you that DeKooning made numerous preliminary studies then repainted the canvas repeatedly, scraping away and reworking the image, over nearly two years.

I of course didn't work on it for over two years, just one day, but as I'm a realist artist it was a welcome change to splash some paint around!

Materials used:

Acrylic on masonite

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