'Angela'

'Angela', oil on linen on board, MS2010

This was my final painting of 2010, it was a struggle even though the last three sessions went very fast and the last day it seemed like I was a painting ninja, a feeling quickly to pass as I see later beginning the next painting. For the moment however I was furiously adding details, correcting past mistakes and toning down certain highlights with an overwhelming heighten confidence. It reminded me of the days in architectural school when on charette and a deadline looming your focus and output increases ten fold and when your done you collapse into a sea of debris dropped around you as someone scurries off with your newborn.

Thank you Angela for posing many months ago or longer, I don't remember when this began. I threw out all the 'poses' and used this moment when nothing was being structured, planned or happening.

MS2011