Working in water-based media can often lead to "unintended consequences." In this case, the result worked. After completing the landscape, I worked and re-worked the sky, first adding big swaths of white, blue and pink clouds. The effect was "blotchy" and "chalky." About to give up, I gave it one last try: using a very wet cloth, I blended the colors, removing the top layers of paint. The result: a luminous sunset in the Land of Enchantment.
Honeysuckle Clouds, Acrylic on canvas,
40 x 30
Sowi-ing Mana (Deer Maiden) Acrylic, collage on canvas, 18 x 14. See more of my Katsina Series on the Native Abstractions page.
Pueblo Village, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16. See others on my Latest Works page.
Mission Church, oil on canvas, 24 x 20. See more of these works on Latest Works page.
Firecracker Cactus
Acrylic on canvas,
10 x 10, See more on the "Small Works" page.
Flower Moon 雪国
Collage, watercolor,
20 x 16, matted. See more Japanese-inspired works on my Asian Abstractions page.
San Geronimo Runners,
24 x 12. See more on Native Abstractions page.
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