For a long time, I would make my darkest paint by deepening and toning Payne's Gray with other colors. A recent self imposed art assignment use more black paint has lead to this new series...
These " Metal Leaf Landscapes" bring to mind sea, sky, marsh and mountain, freeing the viewer to find themselves both literally and figuratively reflected in them.
This series was born when I began to repurpose paper "studio scraps" by plating them together. The textured surface was a perfect foundation for these graphic metal leaf abstraction.