I am taking a little break away from The Big Sky series as I have enough for the moment and need to address some niggling thoughts about how I need to reintroduce some aspects of how I painted say ten years ago with thicker paint and more lighting effects. So I am going to keep using purely transparent paint for the skies but try and introduce a bit more painterliness into the foreground. This one is only halfway there but it has given me the trigger for the next painting to push things further.
Rush Hour in Anywhereville USA and all the commuters are leaving town at dusk to go back home after work, a blaze of tail light reds as all the cars head home. Inspired by a car journey leaving Washington DC at dusk, this one has a lot more bustle and human activity than usual and as such I will group it with the Roadside America series.
Oil on linen 20" x 16". There is a step-by-step progress through this painting including colours used in previous posts on this blog.
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