I am working out the palette for “Sunset”. The orange gold glowing base will compliment the colors that will come over the top. The sun is setting , light fades and everything becomes less defined. The bright colors are a reminder of the day we just experienced and the darks lean towards the coming night.

open beams, roof line on different levels. lots of straight lines and 90 degree angles

Cities are so complex, there are people, buildings,  movement and color. This is complexity made simple

lots of natural light pouring in

you can see the new piece in its first stages

My pallette table with a beam of direct light

the slop house

as seen from a different perspective , everything changes. an idea that goes into the mandala’s

about 15 layers, the last a light glaze to push everything back so i can use it as negative space, but it is more dynamic than a solid color

“sunset” with a gold glaze, the glaze pushes everything back

the painting wraps around to the wall

the sunrise painting as it progress’,  getting layers that are subsequently covered, but still some remnants of the first layer can still be seen. in L.A. the sun rises from the desert mountains.

the base for the “sunset” painting.  the idea is to have a unimbellished sunset as the base layer hidden behind the city. in L.A. the sun sets on water