Up and Away, 2006, oil on canvas panel, 12x16" $1,000 sold

With pastels and oil sketches I love to explore techniques and possibilities or, even, to revisit an earlier technique. My favorite part of the set up for this still-life was the brightness of the white silk against the brilliant yellow linen. I anchored the corners with objects a little like weighing down a beach blanket with rocks or whatever else you have handy. I think it turned out to be a pleasing yet dynamic composition. I also painted this in a technique of working from light to dark. I started with sketching in the oil the silk and then moved progressively on to the darker colors; this technique facilitated a very luminous quality.