Deeply Mysterious – acrylic woman portrait painting

This week I’ve been tackling a stack of paintings that have been sitting around waiting to be revised. I had started to revise this girl a few months back, but never finished it. I forgot to take a photo of it before I started painting..this was about 10 minutes in, and it had completely changed. 

Her nose was bugging me, so I blocked it out, and started over again. It helps me to see better when I paint upside down, so that’s what I was doing in this shot. 

I toned down the colors in her face. Although I wasn’t using a photo reference, I had Tori Amos in mind as I was painting, and Tori has fair skin. 

I titled this one Deeply Mysterious. To me, she looks like she has a story to tell. I’m not quite sure what she’s trying to tell me, but I’m intrigued. This painting is available to purchase here. 

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