Creating the perception of motion

[Richard Bingham]

This is an interesting problem, and as usual, there are no easy "set rules" to follow . . . sometimes photographic "frozen motion" conveys less activity visually than quieter, more subtle suggestions do.

Richard, what came to my mind reading your post was the portrait Robert Liberace presented at the PSOA conference last May, of Nat'l Portrait Gallery director Marc Pachter . . . Sargent also used variations of those "cartoon" motion lines in some of his backgrounds. I hope you'll show us your work in progress! (sounds great!)

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Here are a couple of examples of movement in painting.

1. Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase"
2. A detail from a Degas painting.

[Steven Sweeney]

I took a workshop in Australia from a painter named Robert Hagan, and I immediately thought of him as I read the description of your painting. For whatever reason, he loved to paint women standing in various bodies of water.

Here's an Amazon link to his book, "Romantic Oil Painting Made Easy"--

http://www.amazon.com/Romantic-Oil-P.../dp/1929834292

Click on the image of the cover to blow it up full-screen. Maybe there's something in that set-up that will suggest a course of proceeding.

[SB Wang]

Kinstler's portrait of Mrs. Dupon is praised for treatment of motion in a book.

[Steven Sweeney]

Yet another representation of movement over time might be made through pentimenti

[Richard Monro]

[QUOTE=Steven Sweeney]Might be tough to pull off, though it

[Carolyn Bannister]

Have a look at Nicholas Uribes site, he has done a few especially in the 2006 gallery. I particularly like this one http://www.uribearts.com/p7hg_img_1/fullsize/37.jpg

I think the ghost image idea would work really well.