Still not there yet but maybe I'm on the way. I like the trees at left which gives me the idea of a landscape next maybe even including these trees again but the whole thing cleaner looking with more contrast.
Originally based on a red/green colour complementary I changed it to a yellow/violet when I introduced some violet into the sky and a few other areas. Although conceived as a relatively limited palette picture I felt I needed a bit more variety of colour in it.
I think I have got into some bad habits over the past couple of years when painting more "fantasy" pictures as the genre generally encourages lots of detail which is fine but I have lost some connection with my earlier work that was more "fine art" oriented so I think that is where I need to to draw a line between the two different approaches and try to keep each side of my work more separate and distinct. I don't want all my eggs in one basket and need to ensure that I am progressing in both areas.
Oil on linen 16" x 12".
There is a short step-by-step progress through this painting in previous posts on this blog.
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