An Actor's Muse - Original Acrylic Painting padded envelope then worked with sgraffito through

then worked with sgraffito through the surface to reveal the layers beneath

This painting came from the feeling of trying to help my child make sense of her inner world

available in three color choices

Artwork measures 8x10 inches

Originaly the title for this series of paintings was based on the paint color that was my first initial choice for the colors on my palette

An Actor's Muse - Original Acrylic Painting padded envelope then worked with sgraffito throughAn Actor's Muse began with a conversation. The model who sat for this painting spoke at length about her life as an actor the fears, the anxiety, the particular excitement of a vocation that asks you to inhabit someone else entirely. You could hear that her art was her life. As I painted I found myself wondering about that threshold: what it takes to step into a character, and what remains of yourself when you do. The painting holds both. A figure