Woman by diving board (2019)Gouache painting by Stephen Abela

A simple composition outlining a bather resting against a diving board.


I just like pools and diving into them.. but more than I am drawn to depictions of leisure as beach or pool is a place where people are partly naked yet unaware and in a 'natural' setting
so in some way this subject matter is timeless. I am drawn on the other hand to a nostalgic pleasure and it is difficult for me to separate the two, nostalgia from the depiction of pleasure if not impossible. This intersection is what I find interesting.

Materials used:

paper, graphite, gouache

Details:

• Gouache painting on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 30.48 x 22.86 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 25.4 x 20.32cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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