Orb Vine

Here is a rather strange painting I did a number of years ago, it kind of reminds me of an old science fiction movies or TV show, kind of like those fake looking sets they designed for the original Star Trek TV show.

I used a variety of brush techniques to create the various textures and washes in this painting. The background in the mid section which is a dark green/red, was 'lifted' using a clean brush with white water, and probably wiped a bit with a tissue to remove some of the paint. I did this to prevent a big dark area in the painting which is usually a bad thing. By lifting, I also revealed some of the green colour, and created a nice sandy texture. The Orbital part of the vine was done with a wet-wet wash, which I let dry and then painted the red 'veins' over top.

14x11" hot press paper, 2001