Beautiful painting An Angel oil and mix media.
This piece was an art study, I studied the Angel by the American artist Abbott Handerson and I turned it into my style.
I made this painting during July-August 2023. This piece is a contemporary pre raphaleite style, it keeps the softens of an Angel and the vitality and passion of color and strokes. this pieces is an I stretched cotton canvas 35x55” and ships rolled.
About this piece:
Months ago before painting this I saw Abbott’s Angel and I was in love, I knew I wanted to do some kind of collaboration or something alike as I always have loved the classical and pre raphaelite style.
After returning to my studio after a trip to Mexico I knew it was time for a new big piece. I saw the Angel and I thought to do an art study about this and to know more about the artist.
Surprisingly I found this painter was a naturalist and he loved to add wings to his portraits, he also loved birds and this made the final click with me because we are very much alike in this way. If you have seen my work and paintings all is about nature, birds and wings, so I understood why I felt this kind of connection.
I struggled with the face at the beginning because I wanted to make the same face, after several attempts I ended with something different wich I loved! I just loved how my own essence was poured into the features, I loved the way she looks at you with those eyes without detail but you can see her! I love all the texture, and the visibility of the brush strokes.
I have added doodles around with graphite and pastel oils, a bird a flower and I have put her an halo.
I felt very happy with this piece and how even abstraction is part of the design.
I hope you enjoy it!
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