Getting a start on a new show. Walk through the woods with me.

 I have a solo show in May 2011 so I got busy yesterday.

Primed 24 bare canvases.

  with a mixture of blue, purple and black gesso.

 It makes a navy under-painting the shows through when I paint.

Gives a nice glow to the finished painting.

The  14 8"x10" canvases will be a series.

       I ordered 20 more 12" x 12" canvases
      from Blick to do another series.

                 This painting starts with  a Jasper red gesso.
                 I like using a color gesso  under-painting.
                 Adds another dimension to the painting.
                 The photograph of the Kankakee swamp is the subject.

                    This painting has the purple gesso under-painting.
                    The  finished painting will be spring tones.
                    The inspiration is the photo below I took in the 70's.

      I haven't decided yet what I am going to do with the leaves.
      My theme is "Walk through the woods with me"
     my favorite place to be.
      I just like the way they curled. Great shapes.