Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest.

Acrylic on wood, ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

I work from created and found photographs and film stills, and I captured this image from a film still of the unofficial film clip for the Odesza song "Sun Models ft. Madelyn Grant". One of my favourite songs to listen to in the studio whilst painting, I wanted to capture the moment just as the model was about to break the surface and first glimpsed her own watery reflection. To me this offers the opportunity to relive that kind of moment, and also that moment of coming across my reflection unexpectedly, and maybe, just maybe, questioning "who" I truly am. I think we all have moments like that - and sometimes this watery reflection is what we find. I've used contrasting colours in teal, orange and deep red, providing a varied and bright palette. In this square composition of an underwater world, the light highlights her face and the large bubbles float up past her as she anticipate her next breath. I have developed my style using contemporary art techniques such as expressionism and pop art. Named after William Shakespeare's Sonnet 3 of the same name, because, well, what do you tell the face thou viewest?  
In this painting I've used professional quality artist acrylics and mediums. As with most of my paintings I personally mount it on an "inbuilt" frame and then paint the painting as the frame and board as one unit. The painting is fitted with a wire and two D rings and is ready to hang. The painting mount is made of wood and can be subject to environmental influences such as humidity which may create short term movement in the board - hence my recommendation to hang the painting directly to the wall on the D-rings.