Maxo Relaxo on Sweet potato island

Sweet potato island came from a challenge i put out to my audience to come up with a rule for my next artwork. This is the second artwork i’ve created for this challenge and its been stretching me so much as a creative. The rule that the lady came up with was:

Must incorporate reflections

It made me think alot about what kind of reflection i could do and what i could handle as an emerging artist. i complicated it in the start and then after many layers and overthinking i went back to making it simple. The thing i’m teaching myself as a self taught artist is that less is more and this worked wonders for this painting. Initially i had played it very safe with this painting making the island brown, but when i thought to myself ” this isn’t really me” i changed the island to a mustard colour and there emerged the sweet potato island and the lady relaxing on the lounge chair there. It’s become a favourite of mine.