36”x24”, image in oil on canvas for a “crankie” device at a museum.
It resembles a melting film projector. This was three sessions. The sketch, color, definition. Now I thread dandelions into the tall grass, brighten everything, as though light was coming through it from behind. The road will get a makeover. I will shift tones to show the central area left of the diagonal road is a forced perspective transformation.
blues, with pastel yellow and orange highlights in the flowers to follow, more dandelion energy
Three more hours of mostly touch up and paint matching. Dense undergrowth of leaves, smooth gradients of the road to indicate elevation, some brightening of flowers, minimizing details of other roadways.
Fifty State Banana 