- In this Figurative Painting, "Handheld
Orange" an original oil on panel, I once again took an orange
and held it up to the light so that I could see the light penatrate
the flesh of the wedges as I removed them one by one. There comes
a point when the right shadows and spangle of inner light hands
and human flesh, and yes there is a bit of translucancy in the
blood rich thin skin of the hands that serve as an accent to
the major luminosity that is happenning in the finger tip peeling
of a slightly resistant wedge of orange. A tangle of dappling
shadows and fingers going to work on an orange is a most fun
thing to undertake as a painter. They, whoever they are, always
say "it's hard to paint hands, I think it depends on the
hands. Please don't forget the sun filled orange is the central
subject matter and it's just as well now that my hands show there
age and narlieness as they delicatley persuade another orange
to give up another sweet and delisious translucant wedge of its
beautiful bounty.
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