The Roads Less Traveled Painting

An extremely heavily textured acrylic piece with many layers of underpainting. I stared at this work for what seemed an eternity. While the bronzes and golds were alluring I felt that something was missing. I began to scrape the canvas. As I did, the layers beneath began to take part in the beauty of this work. While the scrapings gave the work some necessary depth; there was also the hint of the many colors hiding beneath. I also very intentionally stopped the flow of color abruptly. For me, it was necessary to have colors runs and then pauses. Then, I felt the need to "top off" with some delicious hues. I hope you like the technique, it is unusual, and it is mine!