Morning Mist Redux

Morning Mist on Egan's Creek
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas Panel

Sometimes you just have to keep painting on something until you get what you want.  The bottom left painting was the original of this work from a photo I snapped on a morning walk past Egan's creek.  I really wasn't fond of it so I painted over it and ended up with the bottom right painting.  Still not happy....

I scraped that off and continued on to the re-painting above.  This photo doesn't quiet capture the color in the sky and water as it was quite overcast when I took it, but I think I am finally done with this work.

 

Rain Garden

We are having daily afternoon and evening thunderstorms which transform the look of the gardens into a kind of veiled shimmery presence.  This image was perfect for exploring the possibilities of watercolor, ink, and acrylic paint on absorbent ground canvas panels.  The painting is finished with UVLS polymer varnish making it frameable without glass.  This process, from the making of the panels to the final varnishing has been a comforting way to create during this lockdown period.

Rain Garden
37 x 34 Mixed Media on Canvas Panel