This is a new frame that we got, it was Cilei's idea to hang some of my paintings in the hallway of our condo. Every month or so I have been changing the painting to keep it fresh. The painting here is "
The 2010 Solution" a turning point work that I did in 2010 after being dissatisfied with the recent doodleisim results. In this work there is more use of 3 dimensional space and free-flowing watercolour technique. The name is also a nod to the Seven Percent Solution a Sherlock Holmes book by Nicholas Meyer, the solution in that book referring to the heroin which Sherlock Holmes was addicted to. In my painting the drug of choice is alcohol as you can see in the well stocked bar sitting in the midst of a dream-like landscape. The lighting is a simple music-stand light that I got off Amazon, it has two strengths and uses led lights. Only problem is that I painted most all of these paintings under the old fashioned incandescence light bulbs that had a soft amber glow. Led light is a ghostly pale blue which puts off the intended colour. I hope in the future should people wish to hang my works they can find soft amber lighting to preserve the yellow that was intended to be there. On my blog every photo in the last few years I have yellow-enhanced to represent on the computer screen what it really looks like when viewed live, under proper lighting. Since real painting lights run in the hundreds of dollars, I will just stick with this for now!
20/10 solution, 22x 30" cold press, watercolour 2010
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