Momentum

This is such a clean, open, direct image. It is really a fun piece. There is something primal about watching a wheel roll. Who doesn't enjoy watching a wheel roll? It is like freedom made physical. Or maybe it is something else. I debated and debated about adding words, because I had some very clear words in mind for this one right from the start, but in the end, the painting was just so full as it is, that I decided not to. Instead, I did something new and painted some words on the back of the panel. Near where I titled and signed it. The words on the back of the painting read, "Despite my best efforts to stay put, Nature compels me to move on."

This is a sweet, soft, vibrant image of movement and new horizons and moving on. I hope it brings a few hopeful daydreams your way.

How Momentum was created..... Once the black gesso primer dried, I used palette knives and brushes to paint a lush, dense, expressionist abstract filled with soft colors. Then I used my fingers to push acrylic modeling paste into naturally irregular ridges that became the three-dimensional lines of this piece. The wheel is also 3-D and is raised from the surface of the canvas in a way that begs to be touched. Next, I used wide soft brushes and translucent washes to build up the colors of the land and sky. I allowed the washes to fade off around the edges so that some of the underpainting shows through. Like seeing the edges of a dream. And finally I used tiny detail brushes to paint the wheel and to add a few highlights and lowlights.

Momentum was painted on a large 9" x 12" rigid canvas panel. The edges have been painted black so that this piece looks beautiful displayed unframed on a small decorative easel. Or it can be easily and affordably framed as it requires no glass or matting.