A Painting in progress

A Painting in progress... is one of the study paintings exploring figures for a commission that I'm currently working towards which requires knowledge of an energy and passion that is perhaps outside of my understanding. 

The painting half finished

just one of the rough sketches for this painting

This exploration has been enlightening and at times disturbing. The commission is for a lady's bedroom ( I think ) and focuses on a group of sexy figures that has an implied violence of passion rather than detail. ( click to find out more about this sexy figurative commission )

This Painting in progress is just one of the studies and crates a dark and foreboding atmosphere that I'm finding both fascinating and intriguing to paint the contrast between the lights and darks is startling as is the contrasts of  angular hard edge lines and soft flowing curves that both seam to work within this distorted if sexy painting that implies all the vigorous passion and energy conveyed in a single half seen nude.

Admittedly I still have a way to go with this painting but the need to retain the rough and ready feel that has developed throughout the drawings and process of applying the paint. 

This painting like the other three painting exploring this subject from very differing styles and approaches are makings  the whole process absorbing for me as an artist. 

Girl with pearls uses Picasso style thick black lines amid bright impasto paint, Five figures explores lines and colours in a different way while Thrown Down is a volatile mixed media painting that brings together subtlety and raw energy to find out more about these figurative study paintings just follow the links below.

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Thrown Down... ( http://mjo-art.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/thrown-down-sexy-painting-study.html )
Five figures ( http://www.mjo-art.com/five_figures.html )
Girl with pearls... ( http://mjo-art.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/girl-with-pearls-fugitive-sexy-painting.html )

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Thrown Down a Sexy Painting Study

Thrown down is just one of the sexy painting studies exploring a commission I reluctantly took on a few months ago and although i have written about this intended painting before ( click here to read ) I have struggled to grasp the subject matter as it is so alien to my personality.

Thrown Down

Mixed-media, acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal 

and graphite 60 x 50 cm's, unframed

Normally I don't do commissions, yet this one offered the freedom to paint what I wanted without a time frame, all I was asked to do was paint a sexy group of male and female nudes.

The Other paintings done as studies for this commission like girl with pearls, Five figures (view this painting on website) and the 'A Painting in progress' that I'm currently working on have all helped develop a different atmosphere in each painting which is cool.

The problem was not so much the subject just the style of painting that could capture the energy and violence that such a subject required. Normally I might have headed towards softly blended colours that create a harmony of tone and contrasts. 

However after chatting with her I realised that although detail is of no value the implied passion and violence of the moment was vital to the overall effect she was looking for.

Thrown down is an almost violent and powerful painting with sex at its core. The hard dark lines outline the physical process of the figure being cast down, within the painting several outlines can be made out of the twisting form as she is thrown to the floor....

The patches of bright colour add to the power of the image and even the face has sublime and resigned expression of acceptance that is frighteningly passive and real that makes the whole painting both sexy, horrifying and beautiful fascinating.

As an individual I'm both repulsed and delighted with this sexy painting study that has taken me to areas of my consciousness that I have never really explored before the result has been a liberating artistic voyage of discovery and freedom.  

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What is Great Art?

What is Great Art?  we must define that first, before we can understand What makes great abstract art... lets be honest there’s a lot of paintings that are thinly disguised as art... patterns or paint effects that look good... But is that truly art?

Free Hand 2
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Painting and the act of Abstraction is an exploration of the human state.  The ability of the Artists to be story tellers or poets to inspire the powerful stimulating visual impact that abstraction has. Artist create a vision through there eyes that anyone can relate to, in colour, line, shape and form.

Great Abstract Paintings creates and evoke strong reactions within us. They Remain Fresh, Vibrant and Relevant even over time and creates stimulating powerful visual impact and energy as a definition of what it is to be alive.

All Great art has timeless quality that retains relevance over the years that brings the story of the painting closer to us and our lives and makes us consider or even just react. Great art is all of these things and that little bit more...

This is just a snippet of the full article hosted on my website helping you to chose and buy Abstract paintings for your home or Office (click hear to read the full article) by understanding what is grate art you can better understand what makes abstract art great.

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It takes more than patterns to Paint abstractions

With rumours that Myspace might be sold off or close, OK. I have never been heavily in to myspace, however, I was surprised to find the last time I logged in, they have added a worthwhile blog via Wordpress and as a direct result I took full advantage of this by setting up, very much a personal blog for myself. Obviously a lot of what I write will be about art and painting, but also about the other aspects of my life. Like music, books, dance, bikes and places of interest. All of which make me who I am and glides my hand and thoughts.

Its just called Mark’s Space. That I will probably fill with odd notes, things I do, places I go, as well as thoughts as they spring to mind. The latest post I wrote, just to kick thing off is about my personal feeling to abstract art and well worth the read.
http://mjopainter.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/abstract-artwork-is-more-than-just-patterns/