MATERIALS
PAINT
Artist grade oil paints
BRUSHES
Various synthetic brushes
OTHER
Cotton rags
Canvas
Gamsol
Galkyd Lite Medium
Walnut oil
Liquitex Matte
Medium
Escape from the Valley of the Harpies started with a call from Pat Wilshire, the co-creator of the fantasy art show IX in the USA. Pat told me that a collector in Singapore was creating a fantasy art museum and is interested in whatever works I might have, preferably large works.
As most of my private paintings are sold on commission or on completion I only had three originals left, one which was 'Solomon's Loss', my very favourite. The collector made me an offer I couldn't refuse, and sadly I said goodbye to one of my beloved children. Solomon's Loss is a fairly large piece at 30 x 40 inches. The collector, a man with a big vision, then inquired about a much larger commission specifically painted for the museum, informing me that no size was too large. I love painting big, but how big I can work, without renting space outside my home studio, depends on how high my home studio ceiling is considering the painting will mostly rest on an adjustable crank easel, not on the floor. With the painting already three feet off the floor to start with, I quoted for a size of 72 x 48 inches, as this is a manageable height for me to stand and paint.
With such a large canvas, this means thinking of the painting in two parts for me to be at eye level at any given point.
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