Painting Poses: Update #8

So it feels like it's been FOREVER since my last painting update. That's probably because I haven't been able to paint much lately, due to my travels and hectic spring/summer schedule, but last week I was finally able to get back into the studio, and it was AMAZING! I'm already looking forward to my painting day this week, as I've started a fun new painting (will share pictures in my next update!) and feel very energized by my time away.

For now, I wanted to post the two paintings that I decided I "finished" last week. As I've mentioned before, it's always very hard for me to decide when a painting is done (I feel like there is always something that can be done to make it better), so sometimes, for my own sanity, I just decide that it's time to move on. You've seen both of these paintings before, but here are the "finished" products!

Painting #1: Forearm Stand (Pincha Mayurasana)

Painting #2: Wheel (Urdhva Dhanurasana)

(This is an absolutely HORRIBLE picture. I'm going to take another one the next time I'm at the studio)

I've added these finalized paintings (plus the two studies from my last painting post) to my painting website, here.

I also had time to work on the never-ending "Portrait of Ben (made of inanimate objects)" painting last week--a painting that I've been working on a over the past 4-5 months or so. Because I've been so into my yoga pose paintings, I've just kind of used this painting as a break whenever I needed to take some time away from painting bodies. I'm nearing being finished with it, but am not done quite yet. A shot of the latest version of this painting (and a detail of the shoes) is below...

Detail...I love painting shoes!

So that's where I left off last week! I look forward to getting back in there this week, and promise to post some pics of my new painting after this Thursday :)

Namaste,
Mary Catherine