Color as an emotion

For quite some time I was focused on the technical aspect in my work and especially in this series. Proportion, perspective, lighting, etc… Of course if there is anything that slipped in to each piece of the work it would be expressed in brushstroke and paint application. Which begs the question what would be the point of creating a number of painting purely based on family and friends if there is nothing more than technique? My answer came in the form that the truth comes out no matter how suppressed it is. And so I made a conscious effort to just observe and if something notable came out then I would catch it after the fact.

This painting of my niece is to me a reminder that color is one hell of a factor in emotion, along side paint application and proportion. It is a direction I will take in the next paintings to come. Color.