under the bridge

36"x48"oil/linen

A new big version of a smaller piece. Lots of scraping and dripping. This piece felt like rewarded work.

City in the rain

14"x11" oil/linen birch panel

Another cityscape albeit a small one. Focusing again on the energy of a city and traffic not worrying about detail. A city in the rain is a blur of light at night.

The abstraction process

 studio new easel

So here is an 8"x10" version of the last scene I painted. The point is to boil it down to what is important to the individual. For me its light. Yes the car can add a light element. I didn't like the car. I think the desire to simplify thing is my main drive. There is far too much complication in the world and it gives me great pleasure to represent a situation in its least complicated way.

The top photo shows my new easel in studio. So far so good. How long til I destroy yet more mixing space. I'm guessing a week............