Young Woman's Portrait by Cathyann Burgess

Another Side of Emily©2011 C.L. Burgess  20 x 16 oil on linen

I love painting people from life.

I know it has been a week since I posted. I have been painting...big things and little things.

But I also have been out playing in the dirt again, this time to remove invasive vinca vine that has been strangling everything else in my little garden. I am in desperate need of those guys in HGTV's Curb Appeal. Really. I am way too old for the bend and stoop thing anymore. I had to rub down with asper creme and have a stiff drink and retire before nine after working in the yard yesterday. 

Joan, my blogger friend in Long Island, said it looks like I paint with ease yesterday, on her comments to my grandson's portrait. I gotta say painting for me at this point in life is much easier than gardening, which I also love. But it is not easy really...just passion and repetition and an intense desire to learn.

This is Emily again. The third time she has ever sat for us. She is amazing. Never tires or falls asleep, which I have seen happen ( have you?).
I began her in group, live, for four hours and then completed her after another four.

People are my favorite subject to paint..did I repeat myself?

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Portrait of a Young Woman by Cathyann Burgess

Morgan's Hair©2011C.L.Burgess

I love painting from life. Morgan is a regular model I use,(She never looks the same twice!) but this time her hair was the most prominent feature. It is very dark and was illuminated very slightly, mostly again by reflections bouncing off of her shirt. I had a view of her that was almost a profile. 

This is one of those times that I search out, study and admire Velasquez and Sargent for....bringing form with minimum information out of a dark passage.

I only had a little more than three hours of the live sitting to get enough info to work towards finish at home. I did not have a camera...so I had to rely on memory this time.

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Male Portrait Vignette by Cathyann Burgess

Lamont@2010 C.L.Burgess

oil on canvas 20 x 16

The human character revealed through my paintbrush is what keeps me ever engaged with this subject matter.

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Portrait Vignette: Male by Cathyann Burgess

Chris©2009 16 x 20 oil on linen

Painting from life is one of my favorite things to do. The vignette can be completed in one or two 3 hour sessions, most often.  The vignette is purposely left with softened or vague edges and background. Fresh, immediate and alive, it is an heirloom. 

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Portrait in Oil of a Young Woman by Cathyann Burgess

Emily©2011 14 x 11 oil on canvas

What I try to convey in my paintings is a love for the contemplative spirit, those introspective moments when a subject is unaware of being seen. I like to think of myself as a contemporary realist who prefers to paint from life and is more colorist than tonal painter. Painting from life reveals the whole truth, which is why I believe it is the best way to perceive and interpret the subject. 

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