Stage 1
I was quite happy with the colours and feel of my last painting, "Station Blue" so I decided to use them on my next Orientalist painting. I am now on the roster of artists on the new Beyond The Every Day gallery that is ran by the Every Day Original people. The gallery is different in that one can now sell larger paintings without the price cap of $500 that is on the Every Day Original gallery. This is better for me as all the Orientalist paintings that I have sold so far on the site are really bargains in terms of size and execution and I have always regarded them as loss leaders to get more people interested in my work. I will continue to paint pictures for the EDO gallery that are posted bi-monthly.
This painting is 22" x 16" so not too big a difference to the previous EDO pictures but will be sold at a more realistic price as far as my own work is concerned. Any of these for Beyond The Every Day will be shown at the upcoming IX art fair in October if they remain unsold.
The composition of this one will follow "Station Blue" in that there will be some orange light in the doorway near bottom left and everything else will be blues. I have chosen the style of architecture of Central Asian Islam although I have taken liberties as this is a fantasy painting and not of a real place... although I will try and make it look like a real place. A madrasah is a school for the teaching of Islam to children and older students and can be found in every Islamic country.
Oil on linen 22" x 16".
Stage 2
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