Chillin at LaQuinta

Chillin at LaQuinta • Oil on panel • $100

This is a small (8 X 8 ") painting experiment. Just watched a Karin Jurick video where she painted on a black canvas so I thought I'd give it a whirl. Not that I could ever paint like she does, but what the heck! When I did pastels I painted on all kinds of dark backgrounds but this really seemed to suck in the color. Another reason for the experiment was to decide weather or not I wanted to paint the entire piece larger. This is just a small section of a bigger scene that I was considering. It is from some pics taken at the LaQuinta Art Fair. But now I'm thinking I'm done with this. People I can handle. It was the chairs that were a bitch to paint and there would be tons of them in a larger piece and they would have to be really right. I'm not feeling like being particularly precise these days. I really do like the composition and the pattern of lights so overall I learned some things and it is a successful little painting. But now it's time to move on.... Next!