When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

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Gold In The Mountains 01

November 4, 2007

 

Gold In The Mountains 01, 20H x 16W inches acrylics on canvas, antique frame 28H x 24W inches total

Gold In The Mountains 01, finished – 20H x 16W inches acrylics on canvas. Has 28H x 24W inches dark-stained antique frame with gold trim

Started late in 2005, Gold In The Mountains 01 has evolved through many changes to achieve the finished painting above. The first thumbnail shows the painting at a stage where I thought it finished so entered it into Artjury.com’s 2006 Spring/Summer online exhibition. It was accepted, and at the time I liked the larger areas of flat orange-gold, but about six months later I thought the work needed more depth, and the dark branch across the upper portion stood out, so I began a long process of scrubbing off, building back up, scraping and layering paint, repainting, etc. The piece reached a few different stages where it could have been called finished, but I was not entirely pleased, so kept searching. Here are a few stages in the transformation of Gold In The Mountains 01:

  Gold In The Mountains 01, Phase 1 - as it was when accepted in the American Juried Art Salon’s Spring/Summer online exhibition, 20 x 16 inches Acrylics on stretched canvas.   Gold In The Mountains 01, Phase 2 - During May 2006 I started the risky process of reworking the entire painting.   Gold In The Mountains 01, Phase 3 - portions were scrubbed off then rebuilt; explored a lot of different styles.
  Gold In The Mountains #1, Phase 3 - portions were repainted, scrubbed off and rebuilt.   Risking the ruin of a piece is always worth the effort; when I’m not happy with work, it is already inadequate, the best thing is to try and try again until it IS adequate enough to be called finished.   Gold In The Mountains 01, finished - 20 x 16 inches acrylics on canvas, in progress

Gold In The Mountains 01 with antique frame

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