OK I am giving Fantasy a rest for a little bit as I go into a period of trying things out which I normally do in the early months of the year. I have quite a few things I want to try and this one didn't turn out as I was intending because I was trying to combine a few ideas of what I wanted in the same painting which didn't work together so I let it go the way it wanted to and I think it's OK for what it is. For starters the sky didn't come out in terms of what I was looking for so the next painting will just concentrate on getting that right before I go onto other things.
This one returns to a favourite theme, the run down petrol (gas) station. I am always drawn to painting the American landscape, there is something about the scale of it that I find interesting as opposed to generally speaking my own landscape in the UK (although I do have a soft spot for the Cuckmere Haven area near me), also it might be influenced by watching all those movies and TV series over the years since childhood that makes it so familiar.
Oil on birch plywood 18 1/2" x 18 1/2".
There is a short step-by-step progress through this painting in previous posts on my blog.
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