Enchanted Rock #2

This is kind of a breakthrough piece for me. It's a sizeable painting that went start to finish in under two days. I limited the palette and used large brushes. I made a fairly careful drawing followed by a burnt sienna underpainting in four values. For each of the values, I premixed about three colors and loaded separate brushes with each color. This way I can rapidly shape, or even sculpt each value band. Working dark to light it goes remarkably fast. My inspiration for this technique is Belgian artist Jan DeVliegher. However, I would need a personality transplant to work like this!

Jan De Vliegher paint pots

Also, now I am working on a firmly mounted, rigid panel. Heretofor this year, I have been working on unmounted, floppy plastic panels. In retrospect, I don't know what I was thinking! 32" x 27".

at the Garden Cafe

I was showing someone how my Scene Sketcher app worked and I needed a photo. I turned around and by chance saw that the folks at the next table made an interesting composition. It was tricky to try to maintain a consistent level of abstraction because the image spans a lot of depth. 32" x 21"