Another Roadside America painting, this one located in Texas, hence the oil field jacks. As ever I take a relatively ordinary location/subject and then give it some nice lighting/sky to give (to me) a certain poignancy and gentle melancholy... I am trying to avoid the more obvious picturesque landscapes and even to an extent to avoid Americana too. There is something that fascinates me about the American landscape as opposed to my own in the UK, it might be that it's the space and scale that I find missing over here. There is also a residual fascination left over from all the American TV series and films that I have watched over the years and I think that filters in as well.
Oil on linen 22" x 16".
There is a short step-by-step progress through this painting including what colours I used in previous posts on this blog.
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