I have long admired artists such as Paula Rego and Lucien Freud, who often created their paintings entirely from direct observation. They would set up a scene that included both models and props, and then work without the aid of photography or lens projection that realist painters so often rely on. The resulting artworks seem to be a record of the time that the artist and the sitters spent in that space together, as conversations were had and the earth turned from day to night.
I am interested in the inherent idiosyncrasies of working from living, breathing models, and the shifts in viewpoint, light and perspective as one