Fifties… by Utopist on Flickr.

 

Fifties…by Utopist on Flickr.

Utopist’s portrait of Peter Sleightholme was a big hit here on The Watercolor Gallery and I’m sure this will be no exception.

Clean, simple, and captured beautifully – this woman reminds us all of 50s-style. A running theme here in the gallery has always been lighting. Having the self-control to leave areas of your painting devoid of actual paint is, at least for me, a very hard thing to cultivate. Utopist is a master.