New Painting Started: Santa Fe Hospital

Starting a new painting. This is a view of a local hospital that will be made in acrylic paint on a 12×16″ gallery wrapped canvas. It is intended for entry into an upcoming juried show with a deadline for entry at the end of the week, so I’ve got to get busy. I’m starting here with an undertone range of blues, and will be adding warmer tones later.

The media is Golden’s Open Acrylics, and I needed a few more colors to expand my palette choices. I ordered seven more tubes from Michael’s online (by way of Dick Blick,) and they just arrived today. Not too crazy about the packaging. Just tossed the paint and thinner bottle loose in a padded envelope, but it looks like it survived the trip okay.

I’ve also been looking at some Impressionist style art to get me in the mood for how I envision this piece to evolve. Mainly looking at Cezanne, like the one above, but also some Gauguin landscapes. Cezanne reportedly referred to his painting method as “little bricks.”