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Thursday, February 25, 2016

City of Gold

City of Gold.
Acrylic on canvas
30"x30"x1.5"
The sides are painted so this is ready to hang and does not need framing.
Available at SaatchiArt.


I painted this painting while subletting a house with a studio on Salt Spring Island. It is one of the Southern Gulf Islands here in British Columbia. It was a peaceful month of retreat and my time was my own.

It was great to have the space to create larger works. This is one of the first ones I did there. I enjoyed exploring texture with tools for scaping and moving the paint. I also used printing and splashing techniques as the piece took on a life of its own.  It turned out to have so much energy and to reflect and communicate the feel of the city.