Yesterday, I finally found my petite stash of copper leaf. It had been hiding under a bit of clutter in my new, much cozier (and less light-filled) studio here on the Leelenau Peninsula in Traverse City, Michigan.
The current painting technique i’m fixated with and started in 2020, a rather abstract but structured “interpretive realism” involves a vat of paint, all carefully laid down one layer at a time. Each layer needs to dry before the next is applied. Because drying often takes a full day, I’ll have more than one piece going at a time to be sure that I’m using any time at the easel, wisely.
Contrasting colors alway pop on a canvas (and elsewhere). And although the new untitled piece that is in the works is technically a lighter hue of blue with some green blended in, it is still very much a stark contrast to the warm copper, which mimics a warm burnt orange.
I am not sure where this piece is going, but I am pretty excited about the outcome thus far. After I swish around a few more layers of paint and washes, I think the composition will make itself known to me.
Stay tuned…
