Bather, 2023, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. / 45.72 x 60.96 cm.

Bather, Larry Graeber, 2023, oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in. / 45.72 x 60.96 cm.

Over a recently re-stretched canvas, this painting emerged as a portrait developed as often happens from a brief sketch. The Bather heavily painted with brush and trowel, also scored with a blunt stick is surrounded in a translucent blue, furnishing a depth that is reinforced by the underlying orbs.