Working my way to some sort of something that passes for decent composition with this piece. As you can see, the painting got darker for a bit. To see what happened next, click here. Pretty neat eh? The painting is not done by any stretch, but it’s a good and simple example of how my painting process works. I’ll then go back over it with black and go fishing for a structure/composition that can actually hold itself up. I could be close to a resolution on this piece, but nothing is jumping out at me right now. If you see anything, be sure to let me know.
Below are some pictures of “Pod 3″ coming to life on location last year. The end result is definitely abstract, which tends to happen when I work under time constraints. In this case, I started the painting mid-afternoon and had to finish before dark. It was the maiden voyage of my new mobile painting set-up which I now use as my primary easel when working on smaller pieces at home. I also have a 12-year old French easel, but the thing is just an outrageous pain in the tuckus to transport just a few feet let alone hundreds of miles. Also you will note that picture #2 below shows a little island in the center of a lake, seen also from a top view in the embedded Google map that follows it … this technology stuff is pretty awesome and just a little freaky…
