"TBD"
Just a few hours into a new painting
24" X 18"
Acrylic on canvas
Stealing time to paint has been a challenge lately. The urge
is strong and the studio is a siren singing me back to this painting. I return
for a moment here and there to look at it. I yearn to squeeze out just a little
color—please just a little—and grab a brush—just for a little bit—but it seems there’s
always something else that needs done, someone else I have to call, again.
My dreams are filled with colors laid against one another
and elements rearranged over and over. I’m analyzing value and composition of dream
paintings that are never quite the one I’m working on. I’m anxious about mixing
colors. Warmer? No, cooler, with maybe a touch of alizarin. I’m not resting
because my mind is busy painting.
Even though I just started this piece, I wanted to share
what I have so far. We’ll see how it develops together. This image is from a
trip we took last summer when we explored the area around Domeland Wilderness,
pre-planning for our fall backpack trip.
Out west of Kennedy Meadows and northeast of Kernville there
is a swathe of old and classic California. Rolling hills dressed in velvety grasses bleached
gold in the hot summer sun. A narrow road cuts and curves around ancient oaks with
dense canopies of leaves that cast deep shadows.
Do you hear that? My studio calls.
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