"Mother and Daughter" original acrylic painting with paper © Saundra Lane Galloway

 "Mother and Daughter"

6" x 6" acrylic (and paper) on gallery wrap canvas

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As it turns out I found a measure of success with this piece by doing very little. Shaping up a bit, filling in white areas, strengthening some contrast areas, learning HOW I wanted to show the faces and gestures (which for me was to keep it simple), and adding a bit of paper stream to tie it all together within the way I've chosen to work...was all it took.  I'm happy with the end result for this particular piece.

I didn't want to have the texture of the canvas showing through, so I added texture to the surface of the entire canvas before painting.  For me, it added to the effect I was going for which was to convey the gesture and the emotion it brings rather than a faithful rendition of our faces.

As you can see, I painted around rather than continuing the figures on the sides and bottom...There was no need to add extra information beyond the viewing plane.

I want to explore the figure through the emotion of color and gesture more...I feel a series coming...even if it isn't successive!  Stay tuned...let's see if I can pull it off! (That was more for me...ha)

HAPPY CREATING!