Have been working on these images for at least 6 months and layers go on every so often. These had another layer added last night.   Neither is yet completed.  They are self portraits, of interest only to me as I explore these fragmentation schemes.  The young lad is me at age 5.  The old man is me 65 years later.  I’ve been doing paintings like these since 1982 and may begin to post a few of them here. 

You can read her thoughts by clicking here!  I’m heading west tomorrow and will bring the pens and waterbrushes used in this technique to aspiring artists Maya, Sarah and Adam in Sunnyvale, California.  Looking forward to seeing them and their mom and dad on Sunday.

http://www.joshua-meyer.com/home-f.html

Read an interview with him on his website.  Go there to see what you are seeing.

The foreground will be reworked in layer three.  The water shape on the left doesn’t work yet and the upper left horizon line needs adjusting.  The foiliage in the foreground will also require much more work.  I’m letting it dry well for a few days before proceeding.  This is 12 x18″, oil on canvas with zinc white, indian yellow, prussian blue and permanent rose.

These two images were created this morning (12 x 16,oil on canvas).  The first is a single layer value study of a sunset over a river, done with transparent red earth with a little perm red mixed in, using a marble dust, linseed oil medium.  Done very quickly over a fast pencil outline of the composition.  The second is layer two on a painting which is a favorite watercolor composition.  It was done with perm rose, mang blue, and indian yellow.  It’s got quite a bit of paint on it for a second layer and will take a few days to dry.  Yet to come are some white birches on the dark background, and a reworking of the sky and the grasses in the front.