Monday, October 17, 2011

Self-portrait

Self portrait, painted over a plein air demo from July, below.
Today I had my painting class with Laurie Wonfor Nolan - I *love* them. It's a great group of artists and the atmosphere is creative, stimulating and energetic. It reminds me of being back in school. It's fascinating what  others around you are creating. So in keeping with my theme for these classes of experimenting with painting over used "junk" canvasses and incorporating bits of the old in with the new, I did this self-portrait. It is painted over a quick demo I did in July of hollyhocks. 
I had a mirror set up on the easel beside my canvas and the mirror was old, and half of the reflective finish had worn off. In its place was clear glass. A very interesting thing to work with. Before I had painted in too much of the background I decided the hollyhocks and sky would stay. I think it's cool due to the fact that the self-portrait is merged with a plein air painting (as that's what I've been doing for years : ) 
I did a second piece today and will post it tomorrow.
11" x 14" / acrylic on canvas

7 comments:

martinealison said...

C'est une toile dont le travail est intéressant et le résultat particulièrement bien rendu... Je pense que vous avez ressenti beaucoup de plaisir à peindre...
Gros bisous

mary maxam said...

This is a fun and interesting "paint over' what a good idea and I like the graphic quality.

Starr said...

what a great idea, and I love the way it turned out... yer adorable :)

Mitaine et Dentelle said...

Kim, those paintings are absolutely wonderful ! I love the palette of colors you use. Really superb!

Sandra Busby said...

This is such an imaginative approach - and SO effective too! :0)

Anonymous said...

Elle est très belle cette peinture, excellente idée d'avoir peint par dessus! Elle m'inspire beaucoup!

JanettMarie said...

Wow, great self portrait!
Love how you saved an old painting and revived it!