Strangers

My latest piece. Again a stranger in the street, deep in his own thoughts. 

Beyond pushing the paint around and enjoying the act of painting, I think these latest pieces are about not knowing. We come into direct and indirect contact with so many people who we never really know, and we never really understand to what degree we don't know them, even when we become familiar and we think that we do. Similarly, we never know what life has in store for us, or the impact we make, directly and indirectly, on others.

Even people we pass in the street.

 Simple blocking in and establishing tonal areas.

Pushing the paint around a little and suggesting buildings and windows in the background. 

The finished piece.

 Detail.

 This is it in progress in the corner of my studio.