On a Pedastal

On a Pedastal, 16 x 12" oil on canvas.  available on the link below.

ARTFINDER: On a Pedestal by Elizabeth Jose - painted from the model in the artist's studio.

Seated Nude

ARTFINDER: seated nude by Elizabeth Jose - I like the bold brushstrokes of this quick sketch from the model. 10 x 8" oil on panel.  $400

figurative paintings

there are a few more that I haven't photographed and photoshopped yet.

Wednesday 10th June 2009 - The Twist

And here is the finished painting.

The Twist - 12 x 16" - oil on canvas panel - $750

Wedensday 27th May 2009 - Melissa's Group

I painted this one in one session at Melissa's group. You can see the finished painting further up the blog.

The Twist - 12 x 16" - oil on canvas panel - unfinished

Wednesday 18th February 2009 - Marisol

What a shock to walk into the studio on Wednesday and see Marisol, who used to have dread-locked hair almost to her waist with a short crop. I partly chose this angle for the novelty of seeing the back of her neck!

Marisol - 16 x 12" - oil on canvas - $750

Wednesday 21st January 2009 - Allessanda

A second week of the same pose with Allessanda. I think last week's painting was stronger in composition but I prefer the skin tones in this one.

The page turner - 16 x 12" - oil on canvas - $750

Wednesday 14th January 2009 - Lost in a good book

The lovely Allessandra posed for us again - I did a couple of paintings of her last year that both turned out well, so she is a 'lucky model' for me!

Lost in a Good Book - oil on canvas - 16 x 12" - $750

Wednesday 19th November 2008 - Kaitlin

A second week of the lovely Kaitlin, same pose different angle.

Kaitlin - oil on canvas - 20 x 16" - $1,175

Wednesday 5th November 2008 - Allessandra

A second week with the lovely Allessandra. I was very pleased with the one I did last week and it's already framed and in the gallery. What a great model, or maybe she just inspires me because I was happy with this one too.

Alison - 20 x 16" - oil on canvas - $1,175

Wednesday 29th October 2008 - Melissa's

Another new model. I particularly liked the upsweep of her hair, it reminded me of an Edwardian lady. This is one of my favourite paintings I've done in a while.

Lady - 20 x 16" - oil on canvas- $1,175

Wendnesday 8th October 2008 - Melissa's group

A second week on this pose and I was glad to get it finished

Pigtails - 20 x 16" - oil on canvas - $1,175

Wednesday 1st October 2008 - Melissa's

A new model this week and a great change to paint the different skin tones, lots of peach and pink with red hair. I'll finish this one off next week.

20 x 16" - oil on canvas - unfinished

Wednesday 24th September 2008 - Melissa's

The second week of this pose with the lovely Nina. I did a little more work on the one I started last week and then did this smaller sketch from a different angle. A good day's work!



Longing - 16 x 20" - $975
Longing II - 12 x 16" - $575

Wednesday 17th September 2008 - Nina

Nina is such a lovely model!

The day before I was on duty, manning the gallery, and I brought along a book by Richard Schmidt and his painting techniques for the figure. It was very interesting and he gets some very unusual effects. I let what I had read influence me in this painting and started with a darker and looser under-painting for texture and depth to make the skin tones glow against the background.

I was pleased with the way this one came out and will experiment with these new ideas some more.

Longing - 16 x 20" - oil on canvas - $1,175

Wednesday 30th July 2008 - Julie

I quite wore myself out on Saturday with the portrait group in the morning and painting all afternoon at the fund-raiser - maybe going out dancing that night didn't help, but I ended up taking a few days off from painting and paid my bills, did some gardening and housework etc.



By Wednesday I was itching to paint again and went to Melissa's group with Julie as our model. I tried something a little different this time, getting closer up and focussing on a smaller part of the body and the black background forced me to push my values a little more than usual.

Julie - 16 x 20" - oil on canvas - $1,175

In the evening I went to my first Sage Gallery Co-op meeting as I am to hang my work on Saturday. I used to be in a housing co-op when I lived in London and they voted me in as membership secretary and to my surprise, at my first meeting with this co-op, they voted me in as membership secretary - how strange is that? They are a friendly, helpful bunch - quite co-operative (ha ha) and I have a feeling i will do well.

Wednesday 16th July 2008 - Orlando

The last week of this pose. I picked quite the challenging angle to paint him from!



Orlando - 16 x 20" - oil on canvas - $1,175

Wednesday 21st May 2008 - Danea

I really enjoy the Wednesday painting/sculpture group with Melissa Moe. This week we had Danea who is now 8 months pregnant in this wonderful pose.



Pregnant Danea - 16 x 20" - oil on canvas - sold

Wednesday 14th May 2008 - Laurie

I decided to try a completely different approach this time. I've been feeling that my paintings could have more contrast in them, that I don't take them as dark as maybe I could, so I primed the canvas with dark chocolate brown and came up from there. it was an interesting experiment.

It was also a very difficult painting to photograph as the light reflected off the shiny surface no matter what i did - if anyone has any advice on how to do that I would be very grateful!

Laurie II - oil on canvas - 30 x 15" - $1,350

Wednesday 26th March 2008 - Alexandra

I don't know if it was the quick painting session on Monday or the sugar free diet I've put myself on giving me extra clarity, but this painting went very well indeed. I feel i achieved a similar result in one session to what i can usually pull off in two. In fact, a couple of artists whose opinions I respect came up to me half way through after only an hour and a half and said it's finished, don't do any more. I did continue, putting in more detail on the hands and face, but was careful not to lose the looseness overall.

Alexandra - 22 x 30 - oil on canvas - $1,750