"Stance"


Oil Painting on Canvas
Lisa Reinke
Completed March, 2007
24" x 36"
$625



Ah, the welcoming stance of two young girls. My husband has already nicknamed it "Diss Stance." Of course, he is looking at it from his memories of that age, and I from mine. At an age where gender relations are being sorted out ad nauseam.

The blue pops against the yellow, and I am pleased with the backlighting effects on the figures. Balancing the level of abstraction was interesting to me. I think I am balanced, but the urge to add realism into the arms and hands is like a magnetic pull, probably because I used flesh tones. But that wouldn't work for the painting - an impressionistic/post-impressionistic approach is the answer. And I like the brush work that defines the arms.

This is a fun painting, and the subject differs from my faces. I hope you enjoy it!

Posted: Sat - March 10, 2007 at 08:52 AM          

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