Siena series updated

With all the snow, I hadn’t seen that I had gone further with this painting. So here it is, it’s ALMOST finished.

Siena series #1

Snow snow painting and snow

It has been snowing most of the month of January with 7 school snow days. Shoveling out to the studio when we can get my son to do it. Hopefully today I can get  out there.

Snow outside the studio

I am working on an even NEWER series of paintings. Using the previously posted paintings as bases, I am working from a sketch and responding to the canvas as it develops. I clearly need a palette to develop, but right now I am working with the composition.

base painting for siena series

I am happy with the above base as a start. As I continue, here is where I have left off:

step two on siena base

Again, the colors need to shift, but I am trying to constantly simplify. I think I may even just take a piece of this painting and redo it as a new painting. Crop it to simplify the composition even more. This canvas is 36″ x 48″ as are all of my canvases I am discussing. It has been weeks since I worked on this so I am chomping at the bit to get back to it. I’ll post more as it develops.