Red Fan- costumed figure painting in British Columbia

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Red Fan
acrylic painting on canvas
36 x 24 inches
2009

This was the second painting done in the week long course with Nicholas Pearce in the Gibsons Summer School of the Arts. The poses of Katherine on the floor inspired me the most of all the photographs we took of her and I love the way glazing creates the three dimensional mass of her form.

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Paula O'Brien is a visual artist who lives in a colorful house in beautiful Gibsons, British Columbia and creates lively colorful paintings, exciting life drawings and innovative textile art. She has created 2 artist network sites, one for international figurative artists and one for her local region, BC's Sunshine Coast. Gibsons, BC is on the friendly Sunshine Coast in the Pacific Northwest.