Figure paintings
My return to painting was initially sparked-off by memories of places. Landscapes were a natural response. But every landscape painter is haunted by the question, ‘Where is everybody?’ My answer was to go back to traditional ways of painting the figure, building on the skills I leaned in my Slade days. Figures on the beach were an obvious way of linking people with their settings. In swimming trunks or bikinis, bathers are close to the images familiar from the life room. When they sprawl-out relaxed in the sunshine their forms can be captured with quick sketches that can be worked-out later in the studio, re-posing for detail if necessary.
All images are copyright Peter Lloyd Jones