Revised Ending

In 2010 I did a painting called Altered Ending based off doodles probably from my old work notes. I have a habit of doodling at meetings in order to pretend that I am taking notes. Going through my paintings recently, Altered Ending caught my eye not because it was the best painting I ever did, but because it had some really great elements in it that were kind of hidden behind a lot of clutter. Back then I was insistent on cramming as many doodles as I could into the painting. In this version, re-titled "Revised Ending" the details have been pared back and the central lake and beach theme are emphasized. I still found room for the eyeball on the park bench, and the happy faces stuck in glassed-in metallic structures (which is a common theme in my dystopian future Lemon Sunset themed paintings). Speaking of lemons, one of my new colours bismuth vanadate is the most incredible lemon yellow ever invented. I look forward to doing a new lemon sunset painting soon, I think I am up to number 6 or something.

8 x 10 " cold press, watercolour, March 2020