arms up nude Painting

I seek to create a sense of theatricality and performance within my work. Orientating figures into a stage-managed scene that alludes to a narrative or parable. The protagonists are often aloof; emotionally and physically absorbed in their painted worlds. It is interesting for me to test the limits of emotional connection that we as spectators can feel looking at these people; how strange to be absorbed in something alluding to life yet silent, still, and artificial. The painting is stretched and ready to frame.