Phased Portrait of an actress

Oh go on with you Michael! Great result though, as usual.

Thanks Marjorie.

Michael, you get all the good jobs! Thanks for posting the stages, it’s interesting for one such as myself who doesn’t attempt portraits, to see how they are developed. Great expression as always, and I love the her eyes and headscarf.

Thanks Fiona. I would love to see your portraits. I bet they’re as wonderful as the rest of your work.

You were a man of many trades Michael 😂. Thanks for showing us this progression, a rich colour portrait.

I know Carole and now I'm worn out.

Clever stuff (as always) and your commentary never fails to make me smile

Thanks Heather.

Love the levels the actress goes through from naivety to glamourise sophistication Michael. What is the underlying message here? Your work is always thought provoking and there is always more to it than meets the eye. You are an enigma Michael.

Hee hee. Not letting your acid humour override some fine painting Michael.

Thanks Carole and Jim. My underlying message is nearly always ‘absurdity’ as a type of humour. I love it. It’s part of the type of humour which would be classified as ‘surreal’. It was never something I could express in my work-life but now can use it copiously. Surreal humour is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, producing events and behaviours that are obviously illogical. Constructions of surreal humour tend to involve bizarre juxtapositions, incongruity, non-sequiturs, irrational or absurd situations and expressions of nonsense. Wikipedia.

Well painted - love the humour, Michael

I’m so much the wiser Michael (not).

Thanks Maureen and Carole. My stories are so absurd Carole. A piece of art surely must say something - it can stand alone without a meaning but if it does it’s just an image some like or not.