The Green Room

This piece has heavy texture in places. This texture comes from building up heavy layers of paint, which provides a rich history for the piece, not all of which is always visible. The piece is finished with a coat of varnish, which helps protect the painting over time. The painting has a gloss finish. This piece is mounted on wood panel. It comes wired for hanging. A certificate of authenticity is adhered to the back of the piece using archival-quality adhesive.

The tool that I used the most as I worked on this piece was, believe it or not, steel wool! As you rake it across the painting, it can act in both a reductive way, scratching off existing paint, and in an additive way, adding new streaks of paint. The end result is a sophisticated appearance that visually blends the layers, helping the topmost layer sit well with lower layers. This piece started as a simple circle of waves, which looked ok but wasn't a full story. So I decided to make the pieces about a surfer shooting a wave barrel.