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| Banquet oil/canvas 20 x 60 x 1.5 |
for me are done lightly and sparsely. I decided to smooth out the patchy background as I feel that the texture interfered with the business of the foreground. Particular colors were pulled out using pure pigment, those on my original palette (selected in the pre-planning stage) that had become too subdued: cadmium yellow; cadmium red and blue-violet. More yellow-green was pulled out in all of the leafy areas. Done.
With this work, a "project", I spent more time in the planning stage. Fewer risks were taken. Fewer changes were made. I have a theory that the more "stuff" (forms) are in a painting, the less freedom can be expressed throughout. Nothing outrageous was performed. The destruction parts were very subtle. I am satisfied. Banquet.
