tending the livestock
an idealized celebration of myself and my animals birdy, steve, and jamie (L->R) as we were this summer in a fantastical landscape inspired by our backyard: virginia creeper, pokeweed, and yellow woodsorrel. the animals are pokeberry- and grass-stained from playing outside all day, and i have paint stains on my hands and bruises on my legs. i unintentionally placed my cat, steve, at the center of attention, where he demands to be, so thanks to my subconscious for the accurate depiction.
acrylic paint, gold leaf, and mica flakes on canvas, 36x42"
full painting photographed in indirect evening sun to show gold leaf and mica flakes
full painting photographed in the evening sun
closeup of birdy
closeup of steve
closeup of jamie
closeup of bruises
closeup of figure
closeup of pokeweed
closeup of virginia creeper
closeup of woodsorrel
wide angle shot to show painting size
using a glass shard as my palette
plants painting outline
base colors refined
base colors re-done
base colors
painting outline
digital sketch overlaid on doodle grid
doodle grid on my canvas to transfer sketch to painting
digital sketch, completed in Procreate app
jamie investigating my home studio
art imitating life or vice versa: my stepson (buster the dog) was staying with us, and he came into my studio while i was timelapsing work on this painting