Every now and then I do a random abstract painting with no prior planning or goal just to cleanse the proverbial palette. Today I used my 'everything palette' which has a sampling of various bright and interesting paints including purple (PV23), burgundy (PV19), cherry red (PR209) and many more. To make the colours look neon, the background was flooded with a rich black mix consisting of bone black (PBk9) and burgundy (PV19), at the bottom it is more carbon black (PBk6) and green (PG36). The method worked quite well, its like a set of neon crayons on a jet black surface. There was a devastating flood in Libya this week which partly informed the name of this painting. Canada is also facing some strong storm surges from the Atlantic soon, hopefully these kinds of tragedies can be avoided.
Dark Flood, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, September 2023 (No. 3648a)
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