When I entered the Art Renewal Center's International Salon last year I won a prize in that it is an opportunity to exhibit in a group show at the Rehs Contemporary Gallery in New York, the show being the ten winners selected from the entries to the Salon. I spoke to the Gallery Director and he is suggesting the loose theme of "Isolation" for the show which is fine with me! The exhibition will be held in Spring 2026 and he would like to have 5-6 pieces from each artist.
This idea (Working Late) came to mind pretty quickly and I thought that I would get on with painting it so that at least I will have one painting under my belt for the show. I want to have an image of some lonely office worker working late into the night expressed by a light on in an office building that is otherwise dark. I tried a few compositional ideas out and ended up with this one of being quite close to the building as the further back I went the idea became weaker with less obvious connection with the title.
This is halfway through the initial tonal underpainting which I hope to finish tomorrow and uses the usual mix of Burnt Sienna and Dioxazine Purple thinned with Liquin and applied with a rag and brush.
Oil on linen 22" x 16".
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