series designation: the original. (index)
title: a renaissance venus
medium: oil pastel over acrylic on canvas
dimensions: forthcoming
year: 2023.
status: retained.

archival record:
reclining female figure. direct outward gaze. left arm extended. right arm supporting torso. red drapery beneath figure. purple drapery across lower body. small white dog at left. roses at figure's side. pastoral landscape. green meadow. deciduous trees. architectural settlement in middle distance. mountain range. water in foreground. the pose invokes the venetian reclining venus tradition directly. the gaze does not defer. the dog remains. the landscape has been corrected.

chromatic inventory:
figure rendered in warm flesh tones with chromatic violet and teal shadow modeling. drapery in fully saturated crimson and deep purple. landscape in high-chroma greens, teals, and yellow-greens. mountain range in violet. sky in layered cyan and warm ochre. no academic tonal recession. no naturalistic atmospheric perspective. chromatic correction applied in full.

the figure was not constructed. the figure was encountered. the painting is the record of that encounter.

filed under:
rogue colorist. the original. contemporary figurative painting. chromatic gender critique. chromatic subversion. venetian tradition. titian precedent. giorgione precedent. dresden venus. the nude. pastoral figure. direct gaze. chromatic landscape.