Painting & Sculpture
The Geishas
The Geishas came as a challenge. I do enjoy the idea of a sculptured piece to complement a painting. The Geishas is one of my favourite paintings, so I set out to make a clay version.
One Geisha respectfully watching over the other, the clay version being, ironically, more flat, as it needed (in my mind) to lay on a surface, contrasting with the painting that, whilst emerging from a flat surface, stands.
Another contrast being the painted Geishas is on a wash of oil paint, giving a shadowy background, with soft pastel bringing the images to life. The clay version I needed to paint effectively, giving them more dense colour, so whilst inspired by the sculpture as an addition to the original painting, they can stand (lay) alone.
