Ode #2

lots of images for you today.

first up, the second 'ode' painting, again done in acrylics.

this one was tougher than the first, more small details that proved to never be quite right, such as emma's right eye which i finally just covered with hair, and her right hand which gave me the biggest headache of anything i've worked on lately, however they turned out alright in the end and i like this mroe than 'ode #1' in spite of those niggling details. the composition is very much aligned with a lot of my older work, stuff i've always liked, and the design of the crazy never-the-same-twice came out really nicely with the addition of an odd little barb towards the end of the nose. . .

i also thoroughly enjoyed painting em in her pj's :P

then next up, some obligatory details, which i'll probably repost at a later date - the weather's bloody awful today and thus photographing ANYTHING is proving pretty difficult.

and - aren't i good to you? - after those, just to be a completist, the original concept ink sketch for the painting, done in about ten minutes. it wasn't intended to be a concept for the second 'ode' painting, i was just doodling and the idea stuck. . .

and that's your lot for now

-iain

'Ode', #1

sort of the beginnings of a completely unplanned series, but sometimes you start something and you can see avenues and directions it could go in beyond a single image. . .

black and white - and a little blue - acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24", detailed in areas and left intentionally unfinished and sketchy in others which used to be kind of my schtick.

a few other noteable iain-esque inclusions which should speak for themselves. . .

some details: