The Story
Louise #6
The Story
Relationships. That’s my thing. Here, something awkward has happened—or perhaps it hasn’t. I leave that to the viewer.
The sea and clouds make a fine dramatic backdrop. But I love painting patterns: on the tablecloth and in the narrow side panel, which continues the scene in another language, hiding as much as it reveals. Louise at her best.
The Process
As always, my study began on the iPad. I wanted the pattern to spill like snakes across the man’s body. Louise’s pink dress draws the eye.
The narrow side panel is the signature of the Louise paintings. The viewer enters a film already in progress.
In the video below, I illustrate part of my working process.