The latest on John the Baptist as of April 1st.

Two details of the painting of Elijah in the wilderness and the whole painting below.  The water at the lower left is new.  The sky and the water both have been painted and repainted at least four times each over three years time.  I hope that this will be the last for the water, and the painting will be done.  I will work back into the water with some other effects once this layer has had time to dry.

 

Here are some detail photographs of the recent progress on the painting, John the Baptist Breathing.  The right hand (the further one) is still underpainting, while the left (the nearer) has just been newly painted- approaching what will be it’s final state.  At the bottom of this post is a thumbnail of the whole painting.  The details can be clicked on and enlarged as well.

Levi Hornbeam and the Messenger, oil on canvas, 22″x28″ – premilinary underpainting inspired in part by Chaim Potok’s character, Asher Lev.

For the past few months I have been painting birch leaves in my painting of Heironymous Bosch (Paintings in Progress).  Here is a detail of the leaves in the canopy over the head of the Walking Man from the right hand panel.