This painting was based on drawing from the lab notes, a full page image that was more or less as you see it in the painting. I will take a picture of the original drawing with my new camera and post it later. This painting has some merits of it's own, the creative ideas are flowing... a giant's face on the horizon, an alien orchid in the foreground, and some kind of incubator on the right with glowing yellow eggs. The sidewalk invites the viewer to 'walk' their eyes into the composition.The main point I wanted to make though, was not so much this painting, but what it led to. This painting although having some merit was rather disappointing, the composition was a cluttered and compressed, the colours which I wanted to have an eerie glow, came out kind of thin looking like an over-washed tye-dye shirt. In particular, the grass was nearly transparent. I will now post a follow-up painting I did to make a few improvements on the design and techniques.
5x7" cold press, 2010
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