Iris

I'm really pleased with the final outcome. I love this one so much, I'm tempted to keep it for myself. Once again my goal was to stick to a limited color palette. I love how the warm color in her lips and cheeks so sharply contrast the cool colors of the rest of the painting--it makes the reds really pop. You may have noticed I love to exaggerate the color on the cheeks of most of my female figures. It's an idea inspired by Gustav Klimt and Charles Dwyer, two of my favorite painters. I'm not sure why I love it so much. I think for me the red cheeks represent vulnerability and some sort of romantic stimulation, plus I feel it enhances a woman's beauty and the gross exaggeration almost gives my figures an ethereal look.