Work in Progress

I'm overdue for a painting post and although I'm not at that stage where I'm happy with the outcome of the painting, I thought I'd share it anyway. I suppose this can be considered an illustration as its for a specific project (not a show.) It feels strange going back to painting small-scale after doing the large paintings. It made me realize how I was restricting myself all these years on personal work. I like having space to push the paint around, blend it, soften it, smooth it but my tiny brush is leaving strokes that I don't want visible. The heads are only a couple inches wide. It also doesn't help that I've been sick all week!

Most of my paintings go through this stage of uncertainty so I'm not too worried about overcoming it quite yet.



On another note, I'm working on a print giveaway contest for Easter with Juxtapoz.com! It will be a fun, interactive little contest so please check back for details soon.