NEW OILS, HENLEY REGATTA AND THE LEGS SERIES - RUGBY PLAYERS AND JOCKEYS

I have finished two paintings recently.  Here is the first idea for the Henley painting.

Then the second version, this time image reversed

Had difficulty in decided on processing the Red Shoes and made a considerable change in the composition. I roughed the painting in thin oil, then thought about it a bit, and put in a row of the pretty girls I noticed when visiting this summer.  Actually they were not wearing red shoes, but the shoes themselves were very pictorially interesting.  You know the old saying,  red shoes............?

Almost completed...

Here is the first stage for the Rugby legs painting (I reversed the image to evaluate it better.)

Here is the next stage:

and here is the final version

The rugby legs painting is on show at the Richmond Art Society autumn show at Vestry Hall, Paradise Road, Richmond upon Thames, until Sunday, 7 November 2010