Painting Archive · 2023 - ongoing

Painting Studies

An open collection of pictorial studies beginning with two early oil portraits of Alba's sisters.

Role

Oil painting, Portrait, Colour study

Tools

Traditional oil painting, 80 x 80 cm tondo

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This evolving collection begins with Alba's first two oil paintings, completed in December 2023. The 80 x 80 cm tondos portray her sisters through two contrasting colour atmospheres.

One portrait is warm and direct, while the other moves through blue and violet light. Future entries may explore landscape, abstraction or other pictorial languages without limiting the archive to portraiture.

What this project shows

  • First oil portraits
  • Warm and cool colour atmospheres
  • Expression through light and gaze