Today's painting is a 16 x 20 acrylic, destined (just received the approval) to be sited in an entry of this project in La Quinta, along with two others. it is one of those scenes found in the Coachella Valley in the evening--sunlight and the green of the fields below the mountains. I have such a deadline to meet, that I feel some pressure (as if painting every day with a new one to show you wasn't pressure--well, it isn't. But I digress.)
I sense the pressure extrinsically rather than from within, as having to do work for another's expectations and with a definite timeline is always challenging. But as artists, isn't the challenge--the puzzle--what drives us to paint? I know that's a major factor in my work. There's the puzzle of the design, what works, what doesn't. The puzzle of how to make it all work together so the painting doesn't look like a couple of jig saw pieces got into the mix. The puzzle of how to make the viewer stay within the design, and directed on the path I have to figure out while creating. As your eyes wander over this painting, make a note of where your gaze rests, where your eyes go next. Those are paths in design intentionally made for you. To ignore paths is to either confuse your viewers or create disinterest. A good book for learning about visual paths is Edgar Payne's Composition in Landscape Painting.
This painting is already SOLD to Greene and Associates.
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