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| Onionskin Watercolor/Gouache 20.5 x 13 |
I decided fairly early on in my art career that re-do's were a waste of time. Sometimes we think that if we re-paint our subject, we will certainly do better. Usually, for me, I find that some passages are improved and others, which were previously satisfactory, are left wanting on the second trip around. Re-Do's also interfere with commitment. Morayo is the younger sister of my son's friend Bandele. She is a prickly girl. She modeled many years ago during a hot summer for my colleagues Jack Liberman and Judy Carducci.....and me.....when we painted in an upstairs garret room of The Italian American Center in Akron. Her pose, with delicately placed fingertips and a flower, is at odds with her personality. Her life had not been easy. The first time I painted her, I was dissatisfied to the point of torture. A second painting yielded approximately the same results. Now, many years later, I look back on this work and realize that she is there. I see both Morayo and her her brother. I see who she is on the inside.
Onionskins......layer upon layer. Sometimes it takes a while to get to the inside.
