the Snake (a polyptych, panels 1 and 2) Painting

This piece started life as a commission but I believe that they wanted a watercolor. Anyway, I bought a 10 pack of 8"x10" canvases, lined them all up on the studio floor and just poured, sprayed, smeared and brushed on the first layer in a green/yellow/blue sort of palette to represent a grasslike background (It is a 10 part polyptych and I should figure out how to initially represent it as such). I allowed it to dry and then I taped off the general shape of a snake with plastic and masking tape. Then I used a technique similar to the application process for the background but with more brushing and paint pens and a moderately opposite palette with more brights. I kind of speed dried that and repeated the process two or three times (i.e. 2 or 3 more layers of paint within the taped off area). Then I removed the tape and all the plastic and was left with this multi-layered snake-ish form. From there I busted out my brand new black paint pen and started sussing out the location and shape of the scales. I know this is merely a nuts and bolts description but there wasn't much of an initial desire to make snake or reptilian painting but, at this point i really started to get inspired by the layers, shapes and visual textures of the body. By far the highest amount of research and precision went into the eye which is a combination snake and gecko eye. At first the eye was actually located mostly on the second canvas which is too far back then i pulled up some images and it's new location made more sense in a couple ways. I studied some different eyes. Amphibious and reptilian Irises. The one i created is definitely gecko inspired. This piece actually opened up some new directions for me and I’m excited to see where they lead. Thank you very much and Aloha. Bret

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20 W x 10 H x 0.5 D in

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