Cadenza oil on birch panel 36″ x 48″ $2000 unframed, ready to hang
All winter after Ed broke his leg I escaped to the studio when I wasn’t needed and worked obsessively on just one painting. It’s larger than most and I’ve stayed with it much longer–scraping down and repainting over and over. I think I needed some distraction, repeated problems to solve. It’s another in the cloud series for a show I’ll do in 2012. It started off with a photo I took late one afternoon but very little of the photo remains. Compositional structure and the path of light offered the challenge and I invented clouds where they would fit my purpose. I considered other titles, like “Carried Away” or “Extravaganza” because I was so taken over by the whole process. I hope some of my frenzy is reflected in the painting.