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This English School oil painting captures an elderly woman sunbathing, her face, rendered in an incredibly tight crop, has beautifully severe modelling. emphasising the topology of her face in a raking light. The brushwork is bold yet restrained, with sun-baked skin tones and flattened areas of green and blue that sharpen the intensity of her presence. Time has marked the body, but not diminished it; the space is occupied entirely with her visage as we share in this private moment. It is this obscuration of knowing the figure, combined with the painter’s clear-eyed execution, that makes the image quite so captivating.
This English School oil painting captures an elderly woman sunbathing, her face, rendered in an incredibly tight crop, has beautifully severe modelling. emphasising the topology of her face in a raking light. The brushwork is bold yet restrained, with sun-baked skin tones and flattened areas of green and blue that sharpen the intensity of her presence. Time has marked the body, but not diminished it; the space is occupied entirely with her visage as we share in this private moment. It is this obscuration of knowing the figure, combined with the painter’s clear-eyed execution, that makes the image quite so captivating.