Daniel McCoy, Jr.
Canyon Walls , 2021
Oil on wood
36 x 36 x 1.5 in
91 x 91 x 5 cm
During the Pandemic I began producing lithographs and small prints based on an area in Abiquiu, New Mexico. I was amazed that with this one specific canyon wall I could obtain a different composition just by the sun changing directions or if I were to change positions of viewing. I made sketches, took photographs, and decided to work with such a complicated landscape. All colors are triple coated underneath the linework until a level of opaqueness is attained. I mixed a warm dark brown for the line work over the sky, while a dark blue over the horizon line and canyons. I paid close attention to the rock formations and bushes to every detail. The result was worth the two months of hard work, this one came remarkably close to the original painting I had imagined.
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