6 x 6"oil on masonite
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Once I knew the date for my show in March, it's been full steam ahead - although you won't be seeing those pieces I've been working on for about a month. I hate that. I'm always anxious to get feedback. Hopefully ..... you won't be disappointed, come March.
I've had this little guy half finished for a couple of weeks, he sat close by and wondered why I abandoned him. It was the hands I gave up on, the hardest part of anatomy in my opinion. After working all morning and afternoon on another, I put him back on my easel. And it just worked. I love the whole thing. So he was not only patiently waiting on his wife, he was patiently waiting on me.
I've had this little guy half finished for a couple of weeks, he sat close by and wondered why I abandoned him. It was the hands I gave up on, the hardest part of anatomy in my opinion. After working all morning and afternoon on another, I put him back on my easel. And it just worked. I love the whole thing. So he was not only patiently waiting on his wife, he was patiently waiting on me.
How wonderful! He is just about to move, even though he is seated. Very kinetic image.
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Hands and feet are certainly tough! Lovely painting.
ReplyDeleteHis hands look great to me, so it was okay to wait.
ReplyDeleteI love your post about him waiting...it was worth the wait for sure. The hands are beautifully done too!
ReplyDeleteThis one is great! It's simple but the colors have that punch.
ReplyDeleteYou wonder what the man was thinking about.
it is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHis hands are so...real!!
Patty
A beautiful job on the hands, Karin. To me, this gent looks a tad pooped! I love your people scenes; always interesting and always makes me rather move into their heads!
ReplyDeleteGreat painting - reminds me of my Dad waiting for my Mom and me. Patient, but as you put it, "raring to go".
ReplyDeleteI always love your paintings of people and the masterly way you develop their clothes, but I also really enjoy the brush strokes in the backgrounds
ReplyDeleteIt was well worth the wait! Those hands are very expressive.
ReplyDeleteAnother title might be "Posture". A lovely painting by any name.
ReplyDeleteI love the strong red in this it really gives the composition an interesting feeling.
ReplyDeleteThe hands are awesome, but I am in love with his feet. Awesome painting.
ReplyDeleteso perfect, the gesture as well as the story behind him. I think we've all seen men resignedly waiting for their better half
ReplyDeleteThe idea of the wait....the painting just percolates in our heads, and obviously it percolated in your head. He's such a wonderful painting done by such a great gestural painting. Thanks once again for a great painting!
ReplyDeleteWonderful as usual!!
ReplyDeleteKaren...wonderful job. I'm glad to hear that others have a problem with hands also. Maybe that's why, I've read, that you can tell a good portraiturist by the hands.
ReplyDeleteGreat piece Karin, this guy is PLANTED.
ReplyDeleteHe looks like a man who has often practised patience and there he sits looking tired of practicing and right beside your Hopper quote, so, when I read the title I had to laugh! Another great painting, Karin!
ReplyDeleteYour paintings just blow me away!
ReplyDeleteHow did you achieve those skin tones? If you don't mind.
ReplyDeleteKarin, I love this one, too, and I like how you speak as if he were right there in your studio. I believe you're never truly alone when you're painting another person.
ReplyDeleteThe colors, the composition, i just love it. I have to wonder what he is thinking while he is waiting on his wife...hum...I'd love to imagine/create a story about this one.
ReplyDeleteI think the hands look great.
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