On Saturday morning, my Family embarked upon a journey… NYC to Miami to George Town. This isn’t necessarily a difficult itinerary, but we were with our 20-month-old, 6-week-old and enough luggage for two months. Such is the case, upon arrival in The Bahamas — we were thrilled. I’m now spending time in paradise as an Artist-In-Residence.
To kick things off, I decided to expand upon my new Mindscape series, inspired by the view. The shapes were stream-of-conscious, but the colors owe a debt to Mother Nature.
Here is my set-up, naked, ready, willing, at the majestic Grand Isle Resort. I’m here thanks to the vision of Peter Nicholson, who saw something in this art-paradise connection — thank you Peter. Before I go further, another thank you goes out to Jeff Todd for bringing this all together. Thank you Helen, Anisa, and my new social media partner, taking charge with Art Exuma, Patrícia.
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Here is the entire process in a minute… soundtrack by Kuf Knotz, who just released an album. And now… for the full process.
Starting out with a free-hand, free-association drawing inspired by my surroundings.
Orange wash. Cadmium orange straight from the tube with a mix of water.
Splashing in the Pthalo Blue Green Shade with Titanium White… varying mixes, of course.
Green’s piercing the sky… like palm trees.
Ahhh…. studio view at sunset.
Pinks filtering in… flowers in the bushes, and a pink building by the marina.
Went light-blue gradient in the sky… felt too light… so I went way green dark on the lower portion of the canvas and this felt like Exuma at night, aka, at home.
Mmmm… darker blue gradient in the sky. Yes. Time to punch-up some colors.
A sun sets in Exuma.
Fin. A touch of Exuma on canvas, feeling appropriate… the darkness comes from the night vision… More to come from paradise.
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