Force Tranquille

Force Tranquille - Oil on canvas · Brush · 24 × 36 in · Unframed · Original · Los Angeles, California

She is not performing. She is not waiting. She simply is, seated, turned away, entirely self-contained in a space of her own making.

Painted in a monochromatic range from deep charcoal to luminous white, Force Tranquille is a study in what oil paint does best: the gradual revelation of form through light. The curve of the spine, the geometry of the raised arm, the crown of natural hair - each element observed with care and rendered without sentiment.

In the tradition of the academic figure study, but entirely of the present. A painting about the quiet power of a woman who requires nothing from the viewer's gaze.

Oil on canvas. Brush. Certificate of authenticity included. Ready to hang unframed.

From the Les Femmes series of Mémoire Vivante, by French-American contemporary painter Laurence Gamelin.