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When I woke up this morning, it was 10 degrees below zero. I decided that I couldn’t dwell on how cold it was since I was nice and warm in my studio. Instead, decided to focus on the summer yet to come with this little pastel color study.
The painting above began life quite a bit different from how it looks today. I painted it in the summer of 2006. It is painted on a Gatorboard panel that was prepped with an under-painting of magenta liquid acrylic and a layer of pumice gel, both from Golden.
I took this painting all the way to what I felt was a finish at the time. I framed it, but was never happy with this piece. So it just ended up sitting in my studio. When I moved to my new space last November I pulled it into the “rework pile”. I recently opened it up, and boldly reworked the entire painting.
I am now thrilled with the finished product. This painting has a great presence to it. I think it is largely due to the size of the painting.
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