the original
“no painting of a woman has ever been just a painting.”
Porcelain Venus
A Renaissance Venus
Wildflower
Eventide
A Rose-Colored Venus
Rococo Pink Madonna
The Sirens
Yellow Madonna
Bleu Vert Madonna
Claire's Lute
Mandolin Practice
Celine
addenda:
the practice conducts a sustained inquiry into classical figurative tradition. the structural shame surrounding the female nude is the central subject. rogue chromaticism functions as the primary methodology. five centuries of representational iconography are recontextualized. the material specification is oil pastel over acrylic. the process is iterative layering. linear precision and tonal logic are the formal parameters. the kansas studio is the primary site for the reconsideration of the painted female form. the figure is not constructed. the figure is encountered. the painting is the record of that encounter.
filed under: rogue colorist. contemporary figurative painting. chromatic gender critique. chromatic subversion. rococo precedent. boucher idealization. realist inquiry. courbet. the nude.