Canvas 1021

Occasionally other paintings produce a commission.....  Anyone who paints knows how unpredictable commissions are. This one comes from a gallery patron who needed "size specific" of my painting below that they admired ...sooo this is my exception. The smaller work is now looked on as a preparatory painting.

PREPARATORY WORK

Spring Storms 20x20 oil on linen (5-18-15 canvas 960) 

The new canvas will be 22x44 - twice the width of the preparatory above. Like all things, they want it yesterday....ah our American way.

CHANGED THE SKY TONE

We did this to tip our hat to another painting in the room - shown below.  The preparatory blue sky "popped" in strong daylight off the ocean.  My guess, the blue was also working against the room. The new sky will "pop" too but at least it will be in the same colour family as the painting below.

After a comparison to an image of the preparatory painting, I need to soften the horizon by adding more mist on the left - so I'll chance losing this thing and go for it!

 

COMPLETED CANVAS

Spring Storms 22x44 oil on linen (1-25-16 canvas 1021)

The next step is to send an image to the gallery for comments and approvals. In the mean time I'll bum around a few days.........

Yes, we had plenty of snow but it started out kinda cool