Summer’s End – 36 x 48 – Acrylic on Wood
Reserved for Mayberry Fine Art
I’ve added some more of the orange weeds to the left – a drastic change that was not part of the original plan. But I’m glad I deviated.
Sometimes I can’t get the paint on the panel fast enough – I know exactly what to do and curse my slow clumsy fingers and my tiny brush. 
But sometimes when I’m stuck or in an important transitional area (like the foreground plants meeting the the trees way in the back), I find that if I sit and stare at my painting long enough, it tells me what to do next. Which is awfully nice…
Originally there were to be some intermediary trees between the foreground weeds/flowers and the trees at the very back. But I decided that really served no purpose and the painting would be better if I could echo some of the brighter flowers that are on the right side. And cradle them in the darker red purple ones. And also echo the dark plants and how they meet the water, with the dark plants and how they meet the sky.
And yes! There is now some sky on the panel – woot!
Yikes, this is looking awesome. And no, I won’t go all Being John M on you — my nerdy numbers head wouldn’t know how to react to all that colourful creativity that’s bouncing around yours!
I swung by Mayberry yesterday (after dropping off my latest Mandy purchase at my framer). This is the first time I’ve had a chance, and… wow. Your two pieces there? They look great. Seeing your work online is terrific for us, but an actual painting (or two) in the “flesh”? It’s great to see not only all the colours but the texture adds so much to it too. And I see this latest WIP is bound for Mayberry too. Can’t wait.
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That’s cool that you can see some in person! I try to take good pictures, but it really doesn’t compare to seeing them in meatspace – lol.