Marsh Lake, YT Canada - plein air to studio painting (fini)

Dark Spring Afternoon  Marsh Lake, Yukon, Canada     9 x 12    Oil & cold wax on cradled wood

Here are some photos of the scene

 by the side of the road where I painted the original sketch.

You could see the rain, luckily it didn't reach us.

I am finished with this painting. 

It may need more value contrasts,

but the thing with CWM (cold wax medium) is

I will be able to go back in and change things.

Here is a great quote from Helen Frankenthaler, 

a favorite abstract painter from the 1950's and 60's.

In 1994, during an interview with printer/publisher Ken Tyler, 

Helen stated, 

“There are no rules, 

that is one thing I say about every medium, every picture . . . 

that is how art is born, 

that is how breakthroughs happen. 

Go against the rules or ignore the rules, 

that is what invention is about.” 

from artdaily.com

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