I tend to work on multiple pieces at the same time, and that is certainly the case these days.
Not only do I have the Cronus piece mentioned last week going, but there's a watercolor from a plein air day that needs finalizing, a view of the Seine that's half-way done, and my main project, a collection of twelve paintings inspired by The Living Desert, a desert-focused zoo and botanical garden in Palm Desert/Indian Wells, California (not affiliated or associated with Living Desert State Park or Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park in Carlsbad, New Mexico.)
I’ve completed two of the twelve paintings; a portrait of a Fennec Fox, and a landscape with Mexican Grey Wolves. There’s a giraffe portrait in progress, several landscapes, and a macro cactus flower composition that I’ve finally decided to abandon. It simply is not coming together. So I decided last Monday, to replace all three of the planned flower paintings, with either animals or landscapes.
Friday, I finally got some really good reference photo’s of the Sand Cats, so out with the stubborn cactus flower, in with these threatened, unique animals.
I’ve also been reading about Sir John Everett Millais. http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/featuredartists/millais/
