I also have two 30 x 40 cm unframed oil paintings on marine ply there as well. One is of Jeanerett Beach in the Bay of Fires and the other looking out from Lime Bay. These were done quite a while ago in a more traditional style. and are heavily discounted at $100 each.
The sale of Lurking within on Bluethumb last week inspired to reflect on this work, the second sold in the series, and why I moved in a different direction. I had really liked them, but you know I like to push things a little further each time. I had started two more in this series but I limited the palettes; one was blues and the other reds. They misbehaved and went in different directions. The secret to the originals was the use of transparent colours that glowed jewel like from below. These recalcitrants included some opaque paints to give some variety with the limited colour range used. Didn’t work. One morphed into something I quite like but more akin to my Unearthed series. The blue one is still in the ‘naughty corner’
So, I was prompted to have another go. I kept to transparent colours and covered the surface with 3 primaries then worked into the surface to add lots of subtle marks and shapes. The next step was to place masks over a lot of the surface and paint with white paint. When dry stencils were then used to build up shapes. Then more marks, more stencils etc. This is they. Sitting in the pending corner so I can review them with fresh eyes in the next few days. Probably will work into them a bit more.
