“The Artist’s Wife in Paris” contemporary painting. acrylic on canvas. 16 in x 12 in.

“The Artist’s Wife in Paris” contemporary figurative painting

I recently spent some time looking at some of Degas’s pastels at the Musee d’Orsay.  I wasn’t intending to paint in the style of pastels, not consciously, and at the beginning I had conceived of a different treatment for the cityscape. My wife’s face and her skin and the blue dress are haunting to me.  I was very pleased with this painting, although I see shortcomings over most of the canvas.  I am in the process of arranging things where I can spend more time on each work.  I can’t put into words the number of paintings in my head right now, with many different variations for each composition.  The coming months should be extremely productive.