I have been working on the background. I want to have the wall behind to look like a block wall that has lost some of its colored stucco. This is based on a wall I saw in New Mexico. The wall had been patched with different colored stucco over the years and what was left was a mottled quilt of red, gray, and white. I am beginning to put the finishing work on the figure. I will have new pictures of the progress soon.
I am starting two new paintings in the series as well. I have a preparatory drawing of one completed and hope to have the model for the second in the studio soon.
