Pastoral Light Original Painting

Pastoral Light is an original painting with a somewhat minimalist look in a limited palette with an Impressionistic flair. Pastoral Light comes from a memory of a painting that hung in my grandparent’s home when I was a child. I tried to capture the color and light of that painting from long ago and strictly from memory. I used very simplistic strokes and light braying to capture depth without heavy paint or with the use of many colors. This is an oil and cold wax medium painting. This piece was painted on a cradled board. The sides have been fully painted and there is no need for a frame. It is wired and ready to hang. I predominately use oil paint mixed with cold wax, painted in multiple layers to create my paintings. I typically include lots of textures in my paintings. I use several tools in my painting, including squeegees, chop sticks, palette knives, corrugated cardboard and other mark making items. Often, I have no notion or plan of what the painting will be when I begin. I just let the painting decide the composition and when it is complete. Sometimes it takes months or longer. Artwork is signed and dated on the back.