My vife
 

My vife, Aud, by the climbing rose.
Oil on linen, 45 x 35 cm

This is a very lovely and tender portrait.

I like the sense of different temperatures throughout your painting. Very evocative of a cool day with indirect sunlight. Lovely portrait with clean confident colors that ring true for plein air portraiture. You inspire me to give it a try.

Alan,

I always enjoy your work and this is yet another one to study. I have a tendency to paint very tight and wish I could have those lovely loose brushstrokes like you. I often visit your webpage for inspiration.

Your "vife" has such a sweet look about her which you have captured so well. Makes me wish I could invite her over for a cup of tea.

Cynthia

So beautiful, Allan. What a gem of a painting you have created for your family!

Allan,

Your work keeps astounding me. I can't stop looking at this one. There are so many things I love about it: her wonderful expression, her face next to the red wall, the different color temperatures and light on her face, the brushstrokes and colors and expressiveness of the hair, the way the wispy ends of her hair mingle with her ear, the economical way you painted the roses. The whole painting is evocative of love--true, long-lasting love--not the least bit sappy or overly sentimental. Someday I have to meet her. That's the way this painting makes me feel.

This is a great one Allan. I love the expression on her face, so alive!

The love for your model comes through. It is a beautiful painting of your wife and very different in feel from the last one you did of her.
Very nice!

Mary Ann, Chris, Cynthia, Michele, Alex, Debra and Enzie,
thank you for your kind comments.

This was a particularly nice experience because I have tried my brushes on Aud before with less luck and I think this portrait shows her the way I see her, and also because I managed to finish it for her birthday, yesterday.

It did not take long to paint, but I spent a considerable amount of time by figuring out how it should be composed before I actually started painting, the painting took two sessions / days.
The setting is in front of our house in the sunset. The sun is strong on the red wall while Aud is almost in shadow . I liked the challenge of the reversed color sceme, normally the background color is weaker.

Allan,

I find this to be a lush and very vibrant portrait! It is lovely. Thanks for sharing.

Allan,
Amongst the roses she appears to be the most brilliant and the love really shines in her eyes. I, too, enjoy studying it.

Very lovely work, Allan.

Thank you, Chris, Patty and Thomasin,

I am happy that you like the portrait of my vife, I really meant it to be lovely, she deserve it.

Allan,

I am a bit late in joining the chorus of praise here.
Another sensitive, personal and strong piece in your inimitable fashion. I am sure she was very pleased. I admire very much how you simplify elements by your use of colour and still manage to convey much information.

Congratulations!

Gracias, Carlos,

I do believe she likes it, because she said so.......... she is so terrible honest ;)

Yes, I try to make the brushmarks look painted, there's plenty of room for variations using different brushes and knife plus thinned and pastose paint, enough to emulate various textures.

Just beautiful. I love your lively brushstrokes, masterfully done.
The picture is so well balanced in composition, colours, your portrayal of the background.
Great your wife was thrilled!

Thank you, Margaret,
I did another small portrait of Aud while I was on the run.
30 x 40 cm oil on linen.

That's just superb, full of light and atmosphere. What beautiful use of colour, I would love to paint like that!

Another absolutely beautiful one, Allan! I can just feel the sun on her face and the air around her. I love the strokes that describe the scene in the background. She's really in the landscape.

Allan!!!(wait...let me just pick up my mouth from the floor...)


Seriously....this is something else... I will be looking at this many times over.

One of the things I like about your work, Alan, is the way you keep stretching yourself artistically. You have done such a wonderful job with strong color here - it is beautifully painted, with fresh and direct color shifts in the face. Very nice work, once again!

Allan,
both portraits are a delight. Love your vibrant colors and very athmospherical feeling.
Great works!

Margaret, Alex, Carlos, Linda, Marina, thank you all.

I am so humbled by your praise, knowing that I learn so much from all of you.
Thank you, :) :) :sunnysmil