New Work: Portrait Study 8.18.23

Detail of Portrait Study 8.18.23, Artist: Andrew Binder, 2023

The bare bones of Portrait Study 8.18.23 was started as a study months ago and then abandoned. I picked it up again recently but was not satisfied with my initial result after working on it again. It felt too stiff and overwrought. I realized I was being too careful and calculated in painting it. I stripped it back to its early layer stages and then built it back up again, while attempting a looser more immediate approach. I'm much more satisfied with this final version.