Monday, May 2, 2011

Night Excavation



One of the paintings of the first series in 2008, themed on the dry excavation going on round the clock. I wanted to try a night scene and see if I could make the lighting feel believable. I did a small study to work out the lighting (below) and have included the finished piece which is 30 x 40. Dan Hansen at CalArts suggested adding the figure at the top left of the painting to help the scale. A great call.

1 comment:

Carol from Panama said...

OMG what a difference the addition of the figure makes - without it you have no idea of the scale.