Perhaps the most fully realized work in the Lab Book series, Spanky's Fantastic Cathedral shows an elaborate cathedral structure rivaled only by Gaudi's in Spain, and a bizarre garden in front. Each part of the cathedral was a small doodle, all combined to create the illusion of a larger structure. The background is a desert with a sunset, the cathedral is also lit by numerous local sources. In the foreground the garden is decorated with wacky lawn ornaments, and in the pond a boat with a totem head in it, and a leaping sea monster.
The technique for this painting was similar as for the other Lab Book series. Note the stained glass in the upper part of the cathedral, this is a common motif in my abstract work. To paint stained glass I put down pure colours in sections, letting them dry one at a time, then I overlay the patchwork of colours with a heavy black outline (black made from viridian green and alzarian crimson with touch of ultramarine blue).
Note, I have just now stretched a new paper for another large doodle painting, to be called Lab Book #8, the End of Colour. The overall composition is in my head now, just have to get it out!
Lab Book #6, Spanky's Fantastic Cathedral, watercolour 22 x 30" cold press, 2004 (No. 1994)
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