Thursday, February 23, 2012

Barrista

   11x14 inches, oil on canvas

My head has been telling me I should do a series of larger collage paintings and consider a local show, but lately my heart wants to play with learning to use my water mixable oils and to paint people.  So, I painted the woman who makes me my vanilla lattes about once a week.  I didn't want the emphasis to be on her face, but rather her overall posture, and what she's doing.  While I'm not sure this is a very strong painting, I like the idea and having a good time, so I think I'll try others of local people at work. 

3 comments:

Nora MacPhail said...

She's lovely. I agree that it's not about her face and I'm glad you made that choice. It makes what she is doing more interesting.
Happy Painting.

ann @ studiohyde said...

So glad you did this and blogged about it...what a great capture of life in this painting. Looking foward to seeing more:)

laura said...

Gorgeous--such a strong design sense; and you really captured the gesture of her body. It's great!