That is a great composition idea. I will eventually be working on something similar as part of a three painting series that began with ‘Flight 1’ (see the main gallery). I always have a lot more ideas that I have time to paint them all, but that means I always have something interesting to work on. Thanks for your interest and input.

Have you ever considered painting this — a woman is seen through the oval window of an airplane soaring in mid-flight. She’s looking over her shoulder to the dark ground beyond the airplane’s curved silver and white wing. Pin points of light break the darkness, blinking like the red light on the tip of the plane’s wing. She knows that the shining stars above her are less bright than the lights of the city below her, because the city lights are symbols of great achievement, of unconquerable will. She’s caught in a moment of grand release — exaltation. I can only imagine what you would paint on such a theme…

Thanks for the comments. I’m glad you have found the ‘Artist’s Studio’ interesting. Definitely keep checking in, and the other artists and I will do our best to keep it so.

This is my first visit and I’m finding it difficult to find the words to express my thoughts about this site. “Wow!” is about all I can muster. Thank you so much for sharing your thought processes for the painting. It is a fascinating education. As to the painting itself: It doesn’t seem as if the sun has set at all, but rather that its substance and energy has been captured by the man into his ladle, and is now being poured into the shape he has chosen. It is brilliant and exciting to watch. I will be back again and again. Thank you so much for the joy you’ve given me this day.