Expressionist Portrait Figure 5104

Expressionist Portrait Figure 5104 24 x 32 x 1.5 inches (60 x 80 x 4 cm) Acrylic on Stretched 3D Box Gallery Canvas.

This expressionistic figure is painted in a fashion magazine pose, fast and loose, no pun intended. Avoiding too much detail and concentrating on the fast pace and vigorous strokes to convey the essence in a flash. With bold abstract shaped colours and quick marker line, it represented the immediate graphic design a studio would need to visualize the drama. The figure face and half shirt completed is to add under colour and encourage the viewer's imagination and prompt a reaction. The portrait pose is more traditional, but more expressionistic to exaggerate features.
Textured form, shades, light and shape interact and play to add life and movement, complementing the juxtapositions of shape and form.
Thick and lush paint has a unique dimensional abstract quality.
It is surprising how little information is needed for the eye and mind to make up the full picture. Highly pigmented, heavy body acrylic paint, using a creamy thick consistency of Artist viscosity colours unique to Acrylic and not available in oil paint.