"Pine Ridge Bluffs, Red Cloud Agency" finished!

Triptych, total size:  36"x90"

oil on canvas

sold

This isn't a very great photo, but it gives the idea of what the three panels look like together.  There is alot more going on with darker values on the cliff walls than shows up here.  It's great to have finished this!  I'm very pleased on the whole.  There's a wonderful lyricism with the brushwork and overall movement of the piece--very fun to paint.  Now it's time to see where I am with my "regular" work!  I'm looking forward to getting back to it tomorrow!

Painting in Process Day 2--Pine Ridge, Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska

Panel #1 of 3

36"x30"

Oil on Canvas

Well, I got some good painting time into this triptych today and am getting a feel for the color and the flow of the painting.  Here's a photo of the three panels together.  It gives the general idea!

Painting in Process Day 1: Pine Ridge, Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska

Triptych:  each panel measures 36"x30"

Oil on canvas

Commission, NFS

Talk about from one extreme to another!  Yesterday a 8"x6" painting to today's triptych that is 7 1/2 feet long!  Fifteen, eighteen years ago I was painting large landscapes like this.  I was approached to do this as a commission and I was really excited to revisit this way of working.  I love painting rock formations--there's something very sensuous about it.  So different from the paintings I do from day to day now, these paintings start with photos for reference, then I do rough sketches and color sketches and then base my final painting on my sketches more than the photo.  I can't begin to talk about how it feels to paint so large compared to the little ones--maybe in the days to come, as this is what I will be working on until it's finished.