Anatomy of a painting

On a day, I thought I may very well go crazy
I decided to paint something I really liked.
Not just something that would challenge me.
And for lack of anything else to blog I thought I
would share the process with you.

believe it or not, painting the entire canvas brown was harder than it really should be.

It didn't help that our power went out a couple of times which made painting that little bit more challenging. I was to ansty to do anything but paint.

Can you see I had one orange left from Valentines day...
and the purple sheet behind is actually a matress. My future sister in law, Joy Ruth always stays with me when she comes up for a visit. I keep her bed ready.

The came the black and red. I know it probably looks like madness, but there really was method behind it all.

Can you see the other 2 paintings I just finished in the background?


AND tah- dah! Here's the finished product!
The colours aren't right in this so I added the picture below as well.

If you look close at this one you can see some of the cave painting images in black as well as a few figures and some writing in Hebrew.

Secret stuff just for me. I could tell you everything it says, but then I may have to kill you.



My inspiration during this endeavor.

2 hours of candlelight
Music and Lyrics Soundtrack
Fall Out Boy
Johnny Cash
Katie Melua
Jimmy Kimmel
Entertainment Tonight
Corrine Bailey Rae
Anderson Cooper 360
A variety of artists and songs (iPod Song Shuffle)

and of course an artist named George who painted something similar many moons ago.