Well this one is in progress and it’s probably also going to be the title of the piece:
Work In Progress
I wanted to try out a sort of trompe l’oeil effect with obviously painted bit of horse racing painting, and aim at more realistic effect for the surrounding backing board, hand and brush. Soon discovered that trying to paint the hand you’re actually painting with is a seriously annoying bit of ‘life drawing’ to attempt.
Perversely the part I really like about this painting is the way the deckle edges on the ‘paper’ work. My hand and arm don’t look too bad at this scale but definitely need some more work… I was getting depressed making decisions about how many wrinkles to include, which is main reason this one has been back in the pending drawer for a while!
UPDATE: The painting did finally get ‘finished’ and can be viewed here it was selected for the Society of Equestrian Artists’ 2010 “Horse in Art” exhibition, the title eventually chosen for it is “Finishing the Race”