Wednesday, December 16, 2009

"ADOBE WALLS/SANTA FE" - Work in Progress



16 December 2009 --  Worked all day yesterday on the foreground, after putting dark glazes (burnt sienna, ultramarine blue and burnt umber) on the walls.  There is a heavy impasto in the foreground - added cadmium red and cadmium yellow to Permalba White for the snow.  This is the stage of a painting where I could happily quit -- my mind races ahead to the completed canvas -- what I want it to look like - and the painting really has a mind of it's own -- in a way it tells me what needs to be done.  It's a very strange collaboration!  DC - Taos

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