Rosa Parks,finished

I know I shouldn't  work when it feels like a struggle. What happens is that I just start moving paint without really seeing the direction I need to go.

When I carefully analized the portrait of Rosa Parks with a fresh eye, I saw that not only was the mouth wrong, but somehow during the painting process, her eyes had moved and were out of line.
Here is the completed and corrected painting.

Is She Finished? Rosa Parks

I worked another day on this painting and I am feeling burned out. That is a sure sign to stop. I will check out Rosa Parks this morning and see if I am satisfied, if so, I am thinking that she will be the end of this series. I could go on for months painting women who changed the world, but it has to end sometime.  A benefit of doing series like these is that I learn so much from the investigation.

I have made many faces in 2015 and only a cuple of abstract paintings, and I am getting a pull to work more abstractly. I have some ideas where to go next - back to encaustic. I have to get the studio set up with encaustic for students next week, so that seems like a logical time.

Rosa Parks, Women Who Changed the World

I am working on a portrait of Rosa Parks. It is not finished, but I thought I would share the progress so far.