Sedona Sunset

This piece has been matted and framed in a black frame. The back of the frame includes a sawtooth hanger and bumpers at the bottom for hanging the piece. A certificate of authenticity is included with the piece in an envelope.

I’ve always admired artists who can create loose desert paintings full of fat, chunky brushstrokes. This piece was my first attempt at that style. I used a large square brush and tried to keep the strokes fat and square for the most part. I debated along the way whether or not to leave little bits of white between some of the strokes; I wasn’t sure whether that would help define the edges between elements or just be distracting, so I left some in and covered up others. Jury is still out on which I prefer. One thing that I LOVE about this piece is how the sky turned out. I wasn’t sure if heavy chunky brushstrokes would work there, but I went for it with some pink. The pink felt like too much, it was competing with the cliff faces, so I added some transparent mixing white on top of parts of it, focusing mostly on the lower parts next to the cliff. The brush I used had a smidge of yellow left on it from some previous strokes, so the clouds ended up a more creamy color that I actually like better than the pure white I started to go for.