"Sculpting Grace" is an original oil painting which is part of Charmaine Olivia's ongoing series of studies while continuing to explore, learn and evolve. 

• Oil on wood panel
• Signed, lower right
• 16 x 20 inches

"With each painting, I am learning. I am finding that painting has little to do with your hands, but with your eyes. I am learning to see objects as shapes. Seeing hands as a collection of colors- and arms as angles. It is fascinating to watch a seemingly abstract shape of colors work together to form a whole image.

"To me, it feels like sculpting. Molding and shaping the colors with my brush.  Up close, it almost feels haphazard and frantic. But from a distance, it all comes together with seemingly careless grace. Even the way she's clutching her hair feels like she's sculpting right along with me." - Charmaine Olivia