Slow Motion Final Lap

This piece seemed finished by the end of my work week last Saturday. I just wanted to change a few small things, very minor. Then I came back to work today after three days away from painting and suddenly I wanted to edit it back. Of course, once you change one part of a painting, it impacts the rest. The lower left now feels too active because I knocked back the activity of the upper right.

I often experiment with possible solutions in Photoshop before I change the actual surface with paint - it lets me see more options. Since I'm committed to sharing my process, here is where the painting is now (totally unedited end of the day phone pic) and one of the Photoshop versions for possible changes tomorrow.

The piece is currently looking like a chrysalis to me. Something is growing inside that swelling shape.

Another Finish Line Just Ahead

I'm 99% finished on this new painting, with the exception of the grey shape at the lower left, which just needs a bit of fine tuning - perhaps I'll put a sheer glaze of white over it to push it back just a little. Aside from that one shape, the rest of the work feels complete. The painting is 18" x 24"; titled "Everything is Coming Together"

Before the Curtain Rises...

there's always a lot of activity backstage. My first guest exhibition, Liquid Color: Painting with Wax, featuring guest artists Connie Ehindero and Carey Corea, opens this Wed, March 28. Today I'm at home working on labels for the more than 45 art works on display. It's a beautiful show.

Liquid Color: Painting with Wax runs March 28 - April 28, 2018 at Jeanne Beck Art Gallery & Studio, 154 Mill Street, Canandaigua, NY, 14424.

Special Events Saturday, April 7:

1 -2 PM Painting with Wax Demo with Connie Ehindero

2-4 PM Meet the Artists Opening Reception. Light refreshments will be served.