Unruly

Terri Ficenec · 06-19-2006, 11:22 PM

Oh well done, Kim! and so nice to see a figurative of a guy! I agree with Linda. . . something about, this pose, this lighting. . . even the cigarette in his mouth brings a sense of being at the beach. Very evocative.

Kimberly Dow · 06-20-2006, 01:40 AM

Thanks Linda, MIke & Terri -

that is cerulean blue and titanuim white for the sky.

It was great fun painting a male figurative for a change. I have more in the works.

Hey, he does look a bit like Cage now that you mention it!

Garth Herrick · 06-20-2006, 10:36 AM

Hey Kim,

This is indeed very nice! It's not your standard portrait, but that is what makes you and your original portrayals so refreshing. You have quite a knack for color development, and the cropping and composition do exude a real sense of unruliness being thinly contained, or a pent-up energy. When is your next workshop?

Garth

Marina Dieul · 06-20-2006, 11:49 AM

Kim,
I can smell the sun lotion from here!
You did a wonderful job with the values, very nice!

Carlos Ygoa · 06-20-2006, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terri Ficenec

even the cigarette in his mouth brings a sense of being at the beach. Very evocative.

(Looks a bit more "illegal" than a cigarette)
Very candid, very original in the pose as well as the composition. And the colour handling is very successful. Congratulations!

Carlos

Carol Norton · 06-20-2006, 12:39 PM

Kim, I have yet to formally meet you, (I think Linda Brandon and Chris Saper have.) Anyway, I KNOW I'd like you. This is just wonderful and AND it gives me 1000 ideas for my trip to California and San Diego, camera clicking away! You are a real inspiration. Thank you for posting this! It's wonderful.

Kimberly Dow · 06-20-2006, 05:02 PM

Thank you for such kind words Garth. I dont have another workshop planned, but I loved teaching the one I did. Tell you what, you come on down and I will get some students rounded up and I can pretend to teach while we really watch you paint.

Carlos & Marina, thank you so much! Carlos, I honestly dont know what kind of tobacco was in that cigarette...I wont speculate. That can be a mystery for the viewer.

Carol - we definitly have to meet someday! I know I would like you as well and I always love it when you comment on my pieces - thank you!

Tom Edgerton · 06-20-2006, 09:11 PM

Kim--

We've come to count on terrifically original concepts from you, presented with great technique. This is one of my favorites now!

Best--TE

Janel Maples · 06-20-2006, 10:39 PM

Yep, this is my favorite also. . But don't I say that about each one you do? : )
Gee, that means I said it yesterday, or was it this morning? You paint so fast I can
hardly keep up.

Kimberly Dow · 06-21-2006, 01:43 PM

Thank you Tom.

Janel, thank you...but this one took me 2 weeks...I thought I was slowing down.