Completed recently in La Conner a night time pleinair, started about 45 min before the sun went down, I was able to quickly block in then composition, then using a large led light on a tripod to illuminate the piece and my pallet as I worked. I’ve painted many times in La Conner, this piece was done more for meetings people then anything. La Conner has a great art community and many supporters.
Recent Work
My recent and current piece is a continuation of the same theme from the previous two pieces, taking a slice of a nature, taking complex detailed multilayered imagery into a digestible snippet. I’m battling early sunsets colder temps and very unreliable sun, while sunsets at 4:40 it gets darker in the woods quicker, combined with the low light detailed subject matter, working within these restraints is currently frustrating. * Day two update. I’ll need one additional session to complete the piece, I’m still not liking it much but will see the piece out regardless.
Update. Returning for the third week to this spot due to bad weather. We had a giant storm this last week and it blew a majority of the remaining leaves off. Someone had also leaf blown the pathways clean, pushing lots of new textures and colors onto my subject matter. The leafs had also further dried and turned a more ochra grey color.
Completed at Padilla Bay Upland Trail, in acrylic and spray paint. This piece further explores the previous texture based subject matter in a up close point of view. Getting to focus on small details that make up these larger shapes, with multiple types of plants intertwining and intersecting is perfect to highlight my layering techniques and abilities, getting to use color, shape and the opaque layers of spray paint to play with your sense of what is close up and further back.
Completed at Rasar State Park over 5 days. This multimedia piece created in acrylic paint and spray paint was aimed at capturing the textures and colors of fall. This subject matter choice and subject decision is a result of being to specific before with prior work. I’d been trying to exclusively paint water, rivers or streams but given the restrictions and availability I decided to paint this tightly packed texture because everything is worth painting, I decided creating work quickly is better then creating the work I think is important. This is a series I will certainly continue through different seasons, finding its easy, it tells a story both of that areas, the season and allows me to play with technique, scale and will be easy to paint in winter.
