Sculpture Series - process

It’s been a busy winter. Lots of new compositions courtesy of AI. One of the most time consuming part of my painting is creating the compositions. I spend countless hours looking at photos and creating the images before I paint. Since I started the new sculpture series I have often struggled to find compositions that appeal to me…

This sculpture was created by Ai using a set of word prompts I use to create images I can then work from. Here is one I am currently exporing:

Full version of AI rendered sculpture.

Image showing what I cropped.

Next step is to finalize the cropping and color.

Here is the finalized image.

Painting. In this case I decided to do a quick study in an afternoon.

Hopefully this helps show a little of my process.

Sculpture Series

I have owned a book about Versailles for many years and it has been a constant source of material and inspiration. I have admired the mist covered fountain photos but never understood how they would fit into my work. On a recent trip to France I spent many days in the museums of Paris admiring the paintings and sculptures. The many marble sculptures has brought the idea of these back into my thoughts. Building on the light in my Carravagio Series and the sculptural quality in my recent work, I will be applying my ideas and techniques to paintings of sculpture.

Photo by Robert Polidori - “Versailes”.

Photo of sculpture from recent trip to Louvre.

New painting using the above photo..