Original framed sumi figure painting, 25% OFF SALE! art, women, nude, life drawing, wall hotsell art, decor, black & white, brush and ink, gift, 2D

Title: Two Lounging Women

Enjoy these two women friends fanning out in a lovely composition as they hang out together.

This is an original sumi ink painting on drawing paper, not a print. Framed with black metal Neilsen frame, a 2” black mat and archival backing. It is ready to hang and enjoy. Artwork comes with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist. (The attached image shows a photoshop simulation of the frame with the approximate scale. The copyright notice is protecting the image file and is not part of the original artwork).

Framed size: 15” x 12.75” framed.
Image size: 11" x 8.75"

Painting and drawing from a live model is a way for me to react spontaneously to a subject that is right before my eyes for a limited period of time. There's no planning, revising or refining. The results are often a hotsell measure of my ability to focus in the moment and react intuitively to what I see through quick choices of brush lines and shapes. The results can be very exciting and surprising.

I've been doing figure drawing from live models since my fine arts studies at the University of Colorado. There I earned a BFA in painting and drawing in 1971. I took on the challenge of representing the humanity of the model while trying to render accurate and expressive proportions and began to understand why this exercise is a staple of art education and a basis of painting throughout art history. I try to keep in practice especially when my career as an illustrator is lacking in creative projects. http://sandyhaight.com During the shorter poses I use my sumi ink and materials and have found this to be my new challenge! I've been trying to find a way to reveal the figure with a few suggestive strokes to represent the pose and the vitality of the model. The shorter poses are always the most dynamic and expressive and lend themselves well to sumie.

In 2012 I qualified to become a signature member of the Northwest Watercolor Society (NWWS). The initials now follow my signature on newer paintings which you can in the Floralscapes section of this shop.

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