My latest painting came straight from an old photo I found online. There was something really dynamic and unusual about its composition that drew me to it. As I came to study the photo, I realized there are a lot of really nice rhyming diagonals in it, like the roofs of the houses, the billows of the pool and the shadows on the wall.
I painted it with a less muted palette than I usually do but I was very conscious about keeping it balanced and harmonic. I like how the intense colors of the woman in the foreground juxtapose with more muted colors with the houses.
The challenge for the work was the water. I never really painted water before.