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| I first planned the painting out on the small sketch above it |
The cave painting consists of ink, paint, sculptors wax, wax paint, charcoal and pastel. I am very much enjoying swapping between the different media as I work, feeling into it and letting the painting inform which material it needs at each stage.
I am wondering whether the painting is verging upon illustration more than I intended, however I would like viewers to understand it as a kind of narrative, viewing this figure at a pivotal moment in a journey, perhaps relating to that and taking their own meaning from the work.
The piece is intended to show a sort of inner light within a dark place, and so I am keeping that focus in mind as I work, trying to ensure that its soft glow is central to the painting.
