Painting Along the Ottawa River in Aylmer - Sunshine in my Mind Painting

I really pushed myself, I was extremely demanding on myself. I wished to take things further… I had worked on this canvas for the past three weeks. And today was the day I wished to complete the painting. While cleaning my palette knife… I cut my finger pretty bad. Jessica Dawn was there to help me put a baby wipe and elastic rubber band on it to stop the bleeding. I was using massive amount of paint… I used over 30 large tubes of paint today alone. And I would approximate that used over 50 large tubes of oil paint on this single canvas. I was unable to complete the painting on location… as I simply ran out of paint. So I returned to my studio and resumed. The painting is extremely thick. The complex layering of the paint on the top portion of the painting … I worked compulsive obsessively, like a maniac blasting through tubes and tubes of paint. Desperately throwing myself into trying to capture this abundant sense of liberation and freedom in the manipulation of the rendering of the oil paint. It was excessively exhausting to sustain that intense level of concentration. I was unable to achieve the results I wished at the river… for I had used all the paint I had. So I packed things up. Returned to my studio… and continued. And fortunately I found a new sense of energy. I had a new palette. And was able to approach the painting with a fresh touch. The final results I am deeply satisfied with. Ultimately I feel I managed to achieve something greater than I anticipated. Live Love Art Patrick John Mills