#23 - Lake St., 1/2 block West of Lyndale Ave S., Looking North.
10"x 20" oil on canvas.
(sold)
This is the first of these alley pictures done with oil paint. I haven't used oils for
a long time. It just wasn't right for me. The immediacy of acrylic and
gouache have always worked best. But, time and curiosity wore me down.
I think I finally found the patience for it and plan to use them more!
Love this -- and the colors are so subtle. Acrylic and gouache are fine, and you do them proud, but oil has a look all its own, and this alley painting is fantastic. It's even better than the actual alley, and the actual alley is a pretty damn good alley.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cat!
ReplyDeleteOils have such great character. Now I need to break some habits I've developed using fast dry paints. The foremost being that I keep planting my hands in them = messy.