Seated Nude Painting Self

[Garth Herrick]

I agree with Jan's praise. Dave, absolutely keep the towel roll!

Garth

[Dave McKnight]

Originally Posted by Garth Herrick

I agree with Jan's praise. Dave, absolutely keep the towel roll!

Garth

Thanks Garth. I haven't touched this painting since I posted the image here. Lately I've had a system where there's at least two paintings in progress. The painting that is in worse shape always gets the attention. I managed to really destroy another painting the other day. Since then, I'm not certain I'm going to mess with this one..at least no time soon. Although there are a lot of things that I could improve, I'm quite satisfied with the things that are right.

Dave

[Dave McKnight]

Originally Posted by Jan Verhulst

Dave, I like this painting. I have a lot of 'technical' critique, but that does not seems important here. I like it because you are not trying to make 'a nice picture' here. It is raw and pure and powerful. And in my view the paper towels can stay. They add to the whole of connotations that people can make seeing this painting.
Regards
Jan

Hi Jan. Great to see you on this site! Yeah, my goal in painting is all about being as raw and pure as I can be. To me, that's what makes a painting stronger than a skillfully rendered image in a more refined, reproducable medium. That being said, I always appreciate technical critiques since I'm always trying to improve on that. The towels initially struck me as simply an abstract compositional problem but I guess I should expect people to interpret beyond the artists intentions.

Dave