Acrylic on stretched canvas.9x12"This is part of my “Painting Small and Often” collection, inspired by Carol Marine’s practice of painting daily and small and letting go of imperfections, in which I created small quick studies in a maximum of 2 days. Rather than finished pieces, these are supposed smaller studies where I experiment with a different aspect of color theory, composition, tonal values, shadows and highlights. For my last painting in the series, I decided to paint a conch shell. I simplified the dips and crevices to shapes and areas of dark and light. I wanted the shell to be almost luminous and so I used gold paint in some places. The sides of canvas are painted using the same color palette as the painting. The artwork is signed on the front and dated on the back. It is varnished and will arrive ready to hang.
