New Abstract Figure Paintings

I've been working on combining my love of abstract art with painting figures.
I'm influenced by a lot of what I see on the internet but not by any one artist in particular.
Once I have the basic composition drawn onto the canvas, the creative and intuitive process takes over and I hope results in a new style all my own.

These two are based on photos of runners and I tried to get some movement into the mix.
Hopefully they work.  It usually takes me a few weeks of living with a painting to decide on it's success or otherwise so the jury is out for a while.

Drawing From Life

I've always enjoyed drawing from life though I don't do it half enough.  I try to make at least one session a week at my local art society where we draw from a clothed model on Mondays and on the last Wednesday of each month we have a nude model.

Here are a few of my drawings from life done over the past few months.