20 January 2008

wall street is divided

had posted this some time ago:



it has become the left side of a diptych:


now have got to this point and am liking it, not sure what to "finish"
maybe just let it sit awhlie...

09 January 2008

skyline


skyline
oil on stitched canvas
73 x 33"


Now finally I feel it is looking good!
Had been thinking of it as finished, mostly because I wasn't sure where to go with it.
Yesterday made the latest changes.... more contrast, more violet, pulling some colours into the foreground, etc. Very glad I did not ship this one last month because it is definitely stronger now!

This is what it looked like before:


only subtle manipulations, but makes a big difference