This is the next in my American Vista series (probably going to be retitled soon) which follows on from the earlier painting "Samui Fuyu" which essentially was a study for this larger painting. I learnt a few things from it including that my idea for a new way of painting snow didn't work but more positively that adding white to the underpainting mix of Dioxazine Purple and Burnt Sienna produced some nice shades of desaturated violets.
This one carries on the theme of a lonely dwelling amidst huge nature which as I have mentioned before carries with it a metaphorical content that I will elucidate clearer when the right words arrive...
This is the initial tonal underpainting stage using my usual mix of Dioxazine Purple and Burnt Sienna thinned with Liquin and applied with a rag and brush.
Oil on canvas 39" x 16".
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