I have been looking at different artists to see how they have developed there own methods. Jenny Saville paints extremely beautiful/disturbing imagery. Her paintings are usually much larger than life size. They are strongly pigmented and give a highly sensual impression of the surface of the skin as well as the mass of the body.
The paintings seem effortless, as if they have been done in a rush but every brush stroke has been thought through thoroughly.
Depending on the imagery she uses also triggers what colours she brings into the painting. Those where the model seems pained and tired she uses much deeper colours. Whereas when the model looks vulnerable and unable to control what is going on around them she uses much more neutral tones (above)
Her work reminds me of Lucian Freud, who is known for his thickly impastoed portrait and figure paintings. His works are noted for their psychological penetration, and for their often discomforting examination of the relationship between artist and model.
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