A recent painting with
notes on its creation
I had several concepts that I wanted to explore in this painting. They involve some aspects of surrealism: improvisation and the exploration of the unconscious.
The initial idea for this painting was to do something that utilized perspective, transparency, and light. I began with a sketch of some stairs and rays of light coming from above the horizon to the picture plane. In the foreground, I blocked out two buildings. The building on the left is a tower with a high window. The modernist building on the right is shown in perspective with a large semi-transparent window.
I decided to add a male nude on the left coyly wrapped in a towel. This figure is contrasted with the muscular and nude figure advancing from the right. I want these figures to allude to interpersonal conflict. However, the viewer is free to interpret this in their own way.
