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This original painting is lightly textured and the scans may show "hot spots" where light is bouncing off the raised parts. Additional scans are available on request.
Above it All
Completed in 2005
3" x 5"
Acrylic on masonite
The words read: She wanted to rise above it all.
(Enlarged to show details)
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I
really like this painting. It is moody in a good way.
And filled with nicely layered colors and textures. There is a
single phrase painted in tiny black letters in the lower right that
reads, "She wanted to rise above it all." Don't we all?
I am hopeful this meditative landscape will bring smiles to the home of some fellow lone-wolf out there who shares my passion for quiet
and solitude. How Above it all was created..... After the black gesso primer dried, I used brushes to apply a thin layer of acrylic modeling paste in short active strokes. To create some dynamic textures. Once that lively underpainting dried, I used sift wide brushes to lay down many transparent washes of color, slowly taming those active textures until I achieved a serene landscape that hints at hidden power or power that is carefully contained. The lighting in this piece also seems to hint at something powerful in the works, too, doesn't it? Like a storm is brewing. I will bet she has a neat vantage point to view the coming storm. From her perch there on the hill.
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She wanted to rise above it all.
