“Cosmic Mouth” is literally painted over a female mouth acrylic painting (produced 1st & 2nd September with much effort and innumerable drafts). I then worked on the newer Cosmic overpainting you see here for the next two days.

On the 10th September I varnished the centre. I did retain a photograph of the underpainting even though it wasn’t successful to my eyes. You can see hints of the underpainted mouth along the middle of the canvas.

The female mouth I’m determined to paint successfully is physical perfection.

‘Sometimes perfection is immediate and sometimes it takes time.’ – one of my sayings.

Thankfully the overpainted “Cosmic Mouth” is the perfection I sought for.

Writing of perfection..

..I made “Artist Seduces Artist” in around an hour to an hour and a half, freestyling, in heavy impasto acrylic.

Please do click these images for an even better viewing.

“Artist Seduces Artist” would look incredible hung at the centre of the darkest black large fabric square or rectangular-like tapestry, 6ft by 6ft at the very minimum. it is 100% Picasso inspired 🎨

I made a very finite finishing touch with two paintbrushes to the completed artwork with burnt umber on 17th September due to my perfecting standards.

For the primary working I utilised three painting techniques: palette knife, paintbrush motions using approximately four brushes, and constant-direct tube paint applications onto the canvas for the grass-green and turquoise surrounds.

Originally I intended to use burnt umber, gold, and mid-yellow colour. Prior to canvas working I included silver, copper and bronze into the palette. I have time and again tried to make ‘the beautiful simple style’, yet invariably add complexity!

After thorough happiness with the predetermined colours I then felt the canvas needed the delicious cadmium red, interesting turquoise, balancing titanium white and then finally the defining grass-green to make everything come alive.

It was at this point I added the mid-yellow even though this was an intended colour to use from the outset. I flattened the profile of the turquoise surrounds for visual interest with a flat-paintbrush. The grass-green received an area of purposed flattening due to the paint settling on the canvas.

Please note the inspiration for this canvas derives from the book “Life with Picasso” by Françoise Gilot and Carlton Lake with my own interpreted Picasso style. I was at page 38 to that point prior to making this artwork.

“Artist Seduces Artist” is a mixture of textures, layers, partially recognisable or obscured pictorial elements and humour with a composition intended to please the eyes in visual interest.

The essence of Picasso himself interpreted in an inspired style by myself.

“Artist Seduces Artist” with.. the beauty of art.

[ nb I am listening to Tobar Mhoire 🔊🎧]