Sorry about the absence. I had a goddamn wildfire in my backyard, a few financial problems, and I've been getting more hours at work. Fortunately, I've had the chance to get back into painting. I bought these 11 x 14 multipack canvases months ago for practicing, but I'm thinking about doing a series of small works with them. I have about 40 blank ones. Going through all my nature photos, I realized most of them weren't real landscapes but close-ups of snow on branches, an arrangement of pebbles, the shadows of trees, etc. Why not do a series of just these little vignettes? It'd be much easier to do a few 11 x 14 paintings than one 40 x 60 painting, and if I mess up one of the little ones, it won't be any real loss. On a more economical note, it'd be easier to get these into a coffee shop or local gallery. People in this town eat this kind of art up like candy. Maybe I can finally earn some money with this art degree?
I have four done at the moment. As you can see below, I'm not really trying to do a photorealistic copy of the photos. Instead, I'm just trying to find lines and shapes and figure out how various colors can work together to create a sense of space and movement. I'm trying not to think about it too much. Keep watching this blog, there'll be more of these to come.
