“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

photo showing my pallette with blues and reds that are glazed in to make a deep blue water.

photo of my pallette. i am using these pure pigments in glazes to build the background colors

nice negative space. darkness and light. a door of light in the darkness

Layer upon layer of buildings

here are the finished panels for my new piece. you can see the different depths each compared to each other so they will recede into the wall. might call it “A Day in the Life”

the idea is to show a day in the like of a city. the first panel on the left will show the sunrise. the next panel to the right will show the daylight hours. the square in the middle will be a mandala showing the city as you look up. the next panel will be the  sunset and the final panel in the upper right will be night. these will be hung together as one piece.

In the city, our daily lives are filled with man-made objects, straight lines, right angles, unnatural colors, and the juxtaposition of ideas and objects creating a grand mixture of images, colors and forms