Painting Sedona

I used painter's tape to block off the squares on this canvas.  I wanted each square to stand alone and be complete and intriguing by itself, but also wanted them to all come together as one piece at the end.  I used colors that I remembered seeing up near Slide Rock in Sedona, AZ - lots of reds and yellows and oranges.  I gave each square the same sort of angle or swoosh to it to bring them all together; also, I was trying to give it a Slide Rock feel.  I applied thick, uneven paint to each square, giving them some height - again, trying to invoke the whole rock/mountain landscape theme.  

One of my friends said that it looks like the end of the world as seen through a window.  I like that.

Slide Rock, 2011, 24 x 36 inches, acrylic on canvas


I'm a firm believer that where you hang a painting is very important for whether or not it works.  I painted this one to hang above the red couch in my room.  In retrospect, I'd make it a little bigger, but oh well. 

Detail