I still haven't found the right location for the rainy Roadside America painting I want to do but while playing boules on Brighton seafront a couple of days ago with friends I took some pics of an interesting sky out to sea which gave me an idea for another one to get on with in the meantime. I thought the sky would suit a flat horizon just like I saw it above the sea and decided that a flat lonely landscape like you can get in Texas would be a good subject. So it will another one like "Stop" where you have a beautiful sky in a desolate place that probably nobody is seeing which I think adds to the melancholy.
This is the tonal underpainting for the landscape using my usual mix of Burnt Sienna and Winsor Violet thinned with Liquin and a mix of Prussian Blue. Permanent Orange and Zinc White for the sky.
Oil on linen 22" x 16".
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