The Doorway: The quiet intimacy of many of Alfred’s bold figure portraits of Georgia gave Patti and I direction for this figure series. As we worked on the portrait images storm clouds began to build in the afternoon sky. By the time we were ready to do the black and white figure studies the rains had begun. We decided to continue our work with Patti standing and sitting just inside a west-facing doorway using the available light from the late afternoon sun that was shining under the overhead rain clouds.