As Above, So Below (Superior Sunset)

This painting was a lot of fun for me to paint. I pushed all the colors towards the primaries - Red, Yellow or Blue. And a bunch of desaturated grays. The process for this painting was kind of a color sandwich. I started with a bright red tone, painted all the grays into it, and then added the pure reds, yellows and blues as the last touches. It's almost all mid-tones, with a few light yellows and blues, and then the dark silhouette of the figure and the trees in the mid ground. I honestly wasn't sure how I felt about it when I first finished the painting, but it's steadily grown on me since, so I decided it might be worth putting in my show this July.

-ZR