Unruly
 

30x20"
oil on ABS

Very nice, Kim! I like your edge control here, and the pose has a wonderful drama.

This is inspiring a dimly recalled teenaged memory of sitting on a beach blanket looking up at a lifeguard. Unfortunately, he was asking me when my friend Lisa was supposed to show up, so that is the end of the memory.

What color blue did you use in the sky, by the way?

Why it's Nicolas Cage ...

I had a patch of hair like that on my head once.

Nice job on this one Kim. You are a painting machine!

Oh well done, Kim! and so nice to see a figurative of a guy! I agree with Linda. . . something about, this pose, this lighting. . . even the cigarette in his mouth brings a sense of being at the beach. Very evocative.

Thanks Linda, MIke & Terri -

that is cerulean blue and titanuim white for the sky.

It was great fun painting a male figurative for a change. I have more in the works.

Hey, he does look a bit like Cage now that you mention it! :exclamati

Hey Kim,

This is indeed very nice! It's not your standard portrait, but that is what makes you and your original portrayals so refreshing. You have quite a knack for color development, and the cropping and composition do exude a real sense of unruliness being thinly contained, or a pent-up energy. When is your next workshop?

Garth

Kim,
I can smell the sun lotion from here!
You did a wonderful job with the values, very nice!

(Looks a bit more "illegal" than a cigarette)
Very candid, very original in the pose as well as the composition. And the colour handling is very successful. Congratulations!

Carlos

Fantastic!!!
 

Kim, I have yet to formally meet you, (I think Linda Brandon and Chris Saper have.) Anyway, I KNOW I'd like you. This is just wonderful and AND it gives me 1000 ideas for my trip to California and San Diego, camera clicking away! You are a real inspiration. Thank you for posting this! It's wonderful.

Thank you for such kind words Garth. I dont have another workshop planned, but I loved teaching the one I did. Tell you what, you come on down and I will get some students rounded up and I can pretend to teach while we really watch you paint.

Carlos & Marina, thank you so much! Carlos, I honestly dont know what kind of tobacco was in that cigarette...I wont speculate. That can be a mystery for the viewer. :o

Carol - we definitly have to meet someday! I know I would like you as well and I always love it when you comment on my pieces - thank you!

Kim--

We've come to count on terrifically original concepts from you, presented with great technique. This is one of my favorites now!

Best--TE

Yep, this is my favorite also. . But don't I say that about each one you do? : )
Gee, that means I said it yesterday, or was it this morning? You paint so fast I can
hardly keep up.

Thank you Tom. :)

Janel, thank you...but this one took me 2 weeks...I thought I was slowing down. ;)

This is my new favorite of your paintings, too. Can't wait to see the rest of the series.

Thanks Michele!

Did I say anything about a series? :D

That may be a great idea though... :sunnysmil

Gee Kim, this is just terrific! Original in every regard. I defintiely think a series is in order. You go for it.

Yeah, I have memories like that, too.

You've really captured all that--and the questions and feelings behind it--in this painting, Kim. Something's really happening here.

Kim,

I'm at a loss for words. I love the originality, the color, the enrgy, the mistique. What angels clean your brushes and caress your soul because your work is heavenly.

I know that if I were ever to meet you I would be dumbfounded. But then again, I am a poor boy from Oklahoma and I usually am found dumb.

Thanks for your posts.

Chris & Alex - thank you so much.

John, wow...you are too kind and flattering. But Im thinking that wont stop me from showing my Mother this thread. Maybe even the kids. Thank you. :D

Kim

I just love this forum.

Wow, I have been away for a while and I have a spare second to jump in here to see what everyone has been up to and I find your painting. Your improvement has been ten fold in the last couple of months, I am sure of it. Stunning composition, colour and choice of model. Hmmm, what else have I been missing out on in here.

Congratulations and thanks again for the inspiration. You have made this quick visit, truly a joy and pleasure! Keep up the good work.

Kim

I just love this forum.

Wow Kim, well done. I have been away for a while and I have a spare second to jump in here to see what everyone has been up to and I find your painting. Your improvement has been ten fold in the last couple of months, I am sure of it. Stunning composition, colour and choice of model. Hmmm, what else have I been missing out on in here. Yeap, it is my new favourite of yours too.

Congratulations and thanks again for the inspiration. You have made this quick visit, truly a joy and pleasure! Keep up the good work.

Wow!!!
 

Is this a hyper-realist painting? It looks like something that Chuck Close would do.