July 20 24x36 oil, copyright Erica Keener
A quick trip back to Manhattan for this one. Actually, it was painted several weeks ago, but the paint is so thick it has taken a long time to dry. It's been awhile since I've done any of my abstracted sky paintings, and this one didn't start out that way. Based on a photo I took from the terrace of our hotel, I originally intended to include a building under construction. It was a beautiful clear day and the clouds were reflecting in the windows and showing through the unfinished skeleton of the structure. But as I started layering the blues, they just sort of took over. Usually a two hour stretch at a time is enough for me - my back gets tired and I start to get bored - but this time I went for about 3 1/2 hours before I quit. The paint just kept getting thicker until I was almost sculpting it. Too bad I didn't think about using a palette knife - I'll have to try that next time.
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