Although There Is A Video...

...documenting the entire process in the works, here are a few progress shots of my newest painting.


Aside from the delicacy of painting the oyster beds, the greatest challenge in this painting was making the transition from marsh grass in shadow to the full light of the setting sun.


It didn't work well in the first layer, and so I slowed down and focused on getting it right in the second.


With a glaze of Indian Yellow to bring out the highlights and give it a setting sun kick, I think it came out great!


It is titled ul 102 (standing at the threshold) and measures 9 x 33" in its frame.


-jb.

For The "Evolution" Group Show...

...I took the opportunity to step in a different direction.


As my "before" painting was architectural in nature, I chose to paint one of my favorite cornices in Charleston.


It is the fourth architectural landscape that I have created in the past dozen years.


The main trick was to remember to catch the sunset and the late light bouncing off the building, taking notes on the colors and hues.


Photographs only go so far, and the vagaries of printing sometimes distort what is captured via the camera (just like these photos vary in colors).


But photography's main advantage is the level of detail captured, and freezing the moment, so I didn't have to freeze outside painting it!

-jb.