I have returned to painting the figure after 13 years. I have found my paintings lacking the specific and the concrete as a subject matter and am delighted to be working from the live model.
The landscapes also have been moving in a more structured direction because of this move toward the specific. The sketches I make are focusing a particular place and time with the will to feel the form in a more tactile way. This has changed my working method to use paint in a thicker more palpable substance, lending to a more direct experience.
