I did something out of the ordinary this night… I brought paints. They’re a different animal outside of the studio.
10 mins wasn’t very much time for gouache. There’s a reason I usually save the paints for the studio. Believe it or not, he wasn’t actually hovering, there was a stool I ran out of time to draw.
I got some workable sketches to. Matt’s a boxer. I wish it was one long pose but we did 10s and 20s.
Matt was great. He did these crazy fitness poses; 2 minute plank pose, 2 min crunch pose… my abs hurt just looking at him. I still haven’t done anything with those sketches quite yet.
Only a couple days before the full moon, it flooded outside. Plus it was cold in the art center. I felt bad for the model, I was chilly in a turtleneck sweater.
4 First Impressions 10×10 oil on wood panel paintings, 2018
Since early 2018, I started painting slow oil paintings from the information from fast croquis. I’ve been exploring ideas about connection so much lately, First Impressions have been a huge part. It’s fascinating how much instinctive information can be filled in upon a brief meeting. Only so much of that information can be quantified with language but there is so much intuitive information residing in sense and energy.
I do a fair amount of drawing from life. The figure drawing parallel occurred to me – croquis are these fast drawings that capture gesture, shape, position, and weight in seconds. They often contain enough information to fill in the blanks to translate quick lines into solid human forms with energy and emotion.
That’s exactly how first impressions work… we flesh out quick skeletal scribbles into emotionally concentrated human forms with very little to go on.
Each of the photographed paintings above are: 10×10″, Oil on Wood, 2018
The gallery below was updated September, 2019
First Impressions, with tan lines, Oil/Panel, 2019
First Impressions, with tan lines, Oil/Panel, 2019
First Impressions, with tan lines, Oil/Panel, 2019
First Impression: Tamara, Oil painting on canvas
2019
First Impression, 2018 oil / board10x10″
First Impression, 2018 oil / board10x10″
First Impression: Linen Skirt, 2018
oil / mixed media
12×12″
First Impression: Linen Skirt, 2018
oil / mixed media
12×12″
First Impression, 2018 oil / board12x12″
First Impression, 2018 oil / board10x10″
First Impression, 2018 oil / board10x10″
First Impression
Oil and Resin Abstract on Wood
Oil and Resin Abstract on Wood
Oil and Resin Abstract on Wood
Oil and Resin Abstract on Wood
Oil and Resin Abstract on Wood
Oil and Resin Abstract on Wood
Blue Figure on Loosely Tied Linen Dress ; 12×12″ oil/linen/mixed media. Jodee Clifford. 2018
Disconnected, Open Beesleys Point Bridge, 36×48 Oil on Canvas, 2019Disconnected, Beesleys Point Bridge under construction, 36×48 Oil on Canvas, 2019Disconnected, Dismantled Beesleys Point Bridge, 30×40 Oil on Canvas, 2019
Disconnected Beesleys Point Bridge, watercolor on paper. 2019
Disconnected Beesleys Point Bridge, watercolor on paper. 2019
sold / Disconnected Beesleys Point Bridge, watercolor on paper. 2019
