6x6" oil on Gessobord - sold
Sanchez Art Center, "50/50" #21
Well I had originally planned on posting all 50 of my paintings here on my blog but it doesn't look like that'll happen. I've set up a gallery on my website though, so anyone who's interested can check out my progress by clicking on the 50/50 gallery.
I approached this project knowing it would be a learning experience. I chose to do cityscapes for two reasons. For one, I find cityscapes extremely difficult, particularly handling the cars. And secondly, I felt pretty confident about finding 50 interesting compositions featuring the streets of San Francisco.
So what did I learn? I do feel I've improved at painting cars. I've learned to ignore their complexity and simplify as much as possible. I feel I've also learned how to better compose a cityscape. I now try to look for large simple patterns within the jumble of visual information.
The next step is to see if I can translate some these little paintings into larger works.
The "50/50" show opens August 23 at the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, California.
2 comments:
This is cool seeing all 50 of them together - it's going to be a great show. Your cars are really good.
I agree that your cars are really well done, and your compositions are strong too. Look forward to seeing all 50 in the show, and the larger works that develop as well!
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