The Girl No. 5

“The Girl 05” is the 5th installment of the Series “The Girl”. This particular image is a rough duplication from my memory of the original version I painted back in the late 90’s and has been lost to time. Heavily influenced by the Impressionist Masters, this Series is forcing me to “loosen” my style and technique. This version has quickly become a new favorite of mine and I’m looking forward to continuing the Series.

This piece is painted on a self made stretcher, hand stretched canvas and framed with a custom frame I made. This painting is complete and ready to hang.

Painting Details:

-Custom built canvas stretcher built by the Artist, 24x38” prepared with 3 coats of Blick Professional Gesso and an additional original painting “under coat” of Red and Orange Oil Paint

-Brushes; Grumbacher Bristle Flat #2, #3, #4, Round #1, Winsor & Newton Bristle Filbert #2, Princeton Bristle Flat #2, #3, Davinci Kolnsky Flat #2 and Escoda Clasico Chungking White Flat #6 #8

-Paint; Winsor & Newton Artist Colour, Gamblin Artist Oil, Old Holland Oil Colors, Blockx Oil Colors and Sennelier Artist Oil. 8 different base colors mixed to hue and varying thickness. Liquin and Colbalt dryer agents used to thin paint and speed-up “drying” time

- Final painting was sealed using 2 coats of Gamvar High Gloss after two(2) month “drying” time

Custom Frame Details:

Shadow Box style frame made of Poplar Wood by the Artist exclusively for this painting in 2021.

- Frame dimensions are 26”h x 40”w x 2.6d”

- Shadow width ¼” from canvas to frame and the frame edge width is 3/4” wide

- Frame is Stained and Varnished with 2 coats of Antique White Satin finish

- 100lb. rated picture cable (overkill I know…) through stainless steel eye-hooks is used to hang the entire piece. (20lbs. total weight for canvas and frame)

As always, I welcome the opportunity to discuss making a similar Original Commissioned Piece (it will NOT be a copy, but shall have the same feel as the original).