This painting was a few firsts for me:
1) It was my first successful improvisation with oil paints; I finally crossed my process over from my more line oriented work.
2)
It's the first painting in a series of abstract oil improvisations that
focuses on the forces beneath the stories, instead of the stories
themselves.
3) It was also the first time I used my ART JAR. I
tend to have so many ideas for projects that I get overwhelmed. So, I'd
started writing all of the ideas down on slips of paper, folding them,
and dropping them in a mason jar. Then on a day that I have cleared to
just be in my studio, I go in, unscrew the jar, pull out a piece of
paper, and begin. This slip of paper was to make a painting using only 2
colors.... and yes, I broke that rule when it was time to do so in the
painting.