Diver "Breaking Out" Oil Painting on Arches Oil Paper

Here's the finished piece of one of the series I am working on with a Breaking Out theme, along with my fighters. I find I am starting to paint themes about what I am experiencing in this season of my life, hence the series of fighters I have been working on along with these.
This is the smallest 12x16 and my first experiment with Arches Oil Paper. I like the bumpy quality of the texture for skin but I still prefer working on linen.
The pose should have been made a bit more dramatic by arching the legs up a bit more but I like the outcome and the abstract quality of the colors. (I will get a better camera.)
I have so much to learn but there is joy in the process!

"Breaking Out" symbolizes transitioning from one season into the new. Life is a series of seasons and sometimes the in-between times can seem a bit dark and hard to get your bearings. But there also comes a time of breakthrough when you leave the old and enter a brand new season; this is springtime. A time for joy, renewal, and a brand new expression of life.

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