The second in my series of paintings "The Sleeping City". They are kind of Edward Hopper inspired but with touches of Magritte maybe combined with my penchant for mood and atmosphere. I want these cities to be dark and silent as though it really is sleeping but they are hopefully enigmatic too - they look too silent perhaps, maybe this is some sort of post Apocalypse where there are just a few survivors left or in this case by some anomaly a lone neon sign lights a forlorn street in a dead city... or maybe it's all quiet and everybody is tucked up in bed peacefully sleeping... I do like enigmatic pictures, a sense of mystery....
I am trying to use different colors to what I normally use for this series with this one based around violets that have been desaturated with green where needed.
Oil on fine cotton 16" x 12".
There is a step-by-step progress through this painting in previous posts on this blog.
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