Red heads are a challenge to paint, because of the color of their hair  that  requires extra care to make natural. Red heads also have pale skin that  is more translucent than normal skin; less pigment that lets blues and green colors show through. Again, care has to be exercised so they don't look like they have corpse skin - gangrene green. But I think these three redheads look pretty good, if I do say so myself.

These two oil paintings of nudes could go behind a bar, in a saloon. The bottom one is based on Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez  painting called the toilet of Venus in the National Gallery in London (it reputed to be his mistress). They made a movie called Venus with Peter Otoole called Venus, that treats an old man's obsession with a younger woman. 


The second one is a dreamy pose, a summer day, woman relaxing... The curves of the chaise longe with its ornate wood carvings echo the curves of the model. The linear drapes and cast of sun shine are a stiff reminder of reality? 

Here is a series of paintings I did based on the seasons, I had started painting after 20  year hiatus, so still getting back into the saddle. The blond girl has foreshortened arms, a bit weird, and everyone tells me I don't know my anatomy... to be redone in the future, maybe.

Magnolia woman, acrylic paint on cotton duck canvas.

The Greek woman, portrait in acrylic and acrylic medium on cotton duck canvas.

Acrylic painting, of Greek woman, close up detail.

Cecilia Green, see more here at  information, was Sir Russel Flint's favorite model, a woman of extraordinary beauty, she was his muse, telling him that he had been painting her for years, before they met! Over the years I have been inspired by models and by landscapes, I want to paint and repaint them as they are always beautiful.