I finally have my studio back in some sort of working order after Open Studios. I’d like to thank everyone who visited me during that weekend. I truly appreciate the conversations, comments, and questions. In case you thought you saw the natural state of my studio, this photo should correct your misconception…

The large-scale paintings are down, the plastic sheeting is back up on the walls, the mess is encroaching, and there are two sets of canvases waiting in the wings. The canvases gessoed with buff titanium are a strange size, 58″x60″, and one wonders why bother paying extra for a custom size when it’s so close to square. But that off-square is important! It seems barely off-square, but that 2″ makes it 120 square inches smaller than a square canvas.

I don’t yet absolutely know what I’m doing on these two sets of canvases, but they will be oils, not acrylic.  One set is possibly going to be very large faces (to make up for the lack of faces in my large-scale paintings). The other two are being considered for the start of a series based on the Icelandic landscape. I’ve gone to Iceland several times over the past few years and, though it’s a cliché, it’s true…I find the Iceland landscape overwhelmingly-beautiful and inspiring.  But that’s another post entirely!