odalisque

                                9x12

My final go at my new class's assignment.

This was a good exercise for me: I usually paint something, am happy with it or not, and move on.

This week I had a problem to solve and it led me to evaluate and rethink what I was doing. Which, in this case anyway, led to a kind of distillation ... and I think I may even have approached the painting of this one a little more confidently. 

For this week's assignment I'm going to try a still life, and I'm hoping to go through several iterations ...