A major local exhibition is approaching, but I’ve done very little painting over the last year or two. I missed the same event in 2016, but want to participate this year.
My hope of completing one or two new works has been undermined by the weather. It’s been too hot to work in my garage studio. This month we’ve only had one day below 30 degrees C, and throughout January it was the same. Most days we’ve been in the high 30s, with a few over 40 degrees C. Not the best conditions for painting in an uncooled garage.
As a compromise I’ve looked back at some of my earlier paintings and have decided to rework one of the larger canvases. What started out as this:
Now looks more like this:
The difference in the crucifixion image is an illusion caused by different lighting conditions when the two photos were taken.
No change was made to that part of the painting.
More work needs to be done, but at this stage I’m considering two or three different ideas. Entries for the exhibition need to be in by 3rd March, so I have a little over two weeks to finish my changes.
