Long Black Legs Painting

This figure is the fifth in series of ‘long coloured legs' paintings. The woman that formed the basis of this work was part of a group of enthusiasts at a vintage festival at Gloucester UK. Like other paintings based on remembrances and visual montage, I feel free to take liberties. However, it was the eye contact and preoccupation as she waited for her call to connect that interested me, this allied to her posture and the patterned elements was what I wanted to express in this painting. The canvas board has a base wash of Burnt Orange pigment, the subject foundation consists of opaque pigments generally applied in colour blocks with subsequent layers of colour washes. The washes are made with acrylic pigment, professional airbrush medium (this is necessary to bind the pigment) and finally water. Finished with a coat of Winsor & Newton Satin UV varnish, this not only protects the painting, but has a unifying effect. A suggested frame width of at least 60mm or more for this size painting. Narrow frames on large paintings have tendency to not sit well and have a habit of warping.