Paradox Size:36" Model Cody’s seemingly downward movement

Model Cody’s seemingly downward movement is counterbalanced with the moon/planet pairing in the top corner –– one of James’ favorite things is seeing a full moon before the sun has gone down

So I began to paint people who looked more like me and I realized I wasn’t alone when I discovered other bears and the concepts behind “body positivity

Figure drawing from life

I can work on paintings over several days or weeks rather than have to rush through them and work on only one painting at a time

and lastly but probably most important thing for me is to build the paint surface up and the texture of the brushwork needs to mimic what it's portraying

Paradox Size:36" Model Cody’s seemingly downward movementOriginal oil painting.