Caution is in the Wind, Waiting for Florence to Arrive (2018)Oil painting
by Steven Page Prewitt

The composition for Caution is in the Wind, Waiting for Florence to Arrive was inspired by photos taken from a DJI Phantom. He has 3000 or so drone photographs of various landscape details from 50 to 350 feet high.

He uses various charcoals and graphite sticks/pencils to sketch the composition on the canvas; then quickly maps out values using various shades of the primary colors. He continues painting, changing directions as he goes, modifying the composition, the colors, the values etc.

As a contemporary artist, he believes an essential part of a painting is the paint itself; he intends the paint to run, drip, cover, shade and express its properties on the canvas. As a student of painting, he loves to explore other artists' work - looking for the how, when and why of a painting as much as the content or meaning. Therefore, he leave traces of the underneath layers, marks, colors, etc. to be seen.

Materials used:

Oil, oil stick, graphite, pencil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 45.72 x 60.96 x 3.81cm (unframed) / 45.72 x 60.96cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative