The Process: Waning Sun

People are asking more and more about the process I use to create my paintings. Because the process is 100% intuitive and spontaneous (and therefore different every time), it's really impossible to explain. So yesterday, I shot a few pics while I was working. Enjoy.

 
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Dusk

This is the first time I've combined 4 different techniques of applying paint, in 4 layers.

Layer 1: Applied paint with brush.

Layer 2: Applied paint in small pats of my finger tips. Let dry overnight.

Layer 3: Rubbed paint into the dried, heavily textured paint from the day before.

Layer 4: Wiped paint across parts of the painting.

The Final Result

A heavily textured, deeply toned, complex, vibrant painting. And a contented artist. Well, at least for the moment.

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Spirit

This is the painting I did about 2 weeks ago when I was under the influence of a nasty cold. As do most of my paintings, the result was a surprise. What's new about this one is that there is some transparency in the paint (you can't actually see the canvas but can see an undercoat of paint). I find this effect gives the painting an airy feeling.

I was reluctant to call this one "spirit" for fear of being seen as a new-age freak but I figure what the heck. It looks like a spirit to me (in front of a tree), so that's what I'm calling it. Feel free to interpret the painting to mean whatever you think it means.

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