Saturday, July 14, 2012

Little Experiment

Usually my process of painting is to just work on one at a time.  I don't start a new one unless my previous one is completely finished, even if I'm working on a series.  This time around I decided to work on two paintings simultaneously, that have nothing to do with each other thematically, and document the process.  The only thing these paintings have in common is that I was using some  elements of steampunk in them.







The Heart of Captain Kurtz
Acrylic on Canvas
10" x 20"

This painting is about the character of Kurtz from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.  The novel was written at the height of the steam engine (the main character is in the Congo building a steamboat) and also takes place during one of the darkest times of history.  

The Machine
Acrylic on Canvas
16" x 20"

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