Reclining Nude

Not entirely sure why but I was really inspired by Matisse’s Reclining Nude painting. I got a mailer and for the show at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts now and just hit me.  I couldn’t do anything else until I got to the studio and did it.  It was strange — a compulsion.

I like how it came out.  Who doesn’t like nudes?

It now has a great patina and is sealed.