Chee Kludt Ricketts Beyond the Light Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas 24 x 36 x 1.5 $1,800
"This acrylic painting was created in my studio, but it is loosely based on a view that I see in the early mornings - both spring and fall - when the light is crystalline, and the shadows are deep. There's a period in both seasons when the trees, in first bloom and again at the end of their annual foliage growth, are vibrantly colored and yet the grasses are green. It's a magical time for enjoying the richness of color. My technique for working with acrylics is to tone the canvas with a coat of Cadmium Red Medium acrylic paint. I favor this pigment because it falls in the exact middle of the value scale between darkest darks and lightest lights. Once toned, I begin by blocking in my shapes using a dark neutral color. Initially, the painting progresses quickly because I use a large brush to establish the darks and largest shapes. As I develop the approximate values, the process slows down: my brushes become smaller, the details begin to emerge and are more precisely rendered. I usually add my lightest lights at the end of the process. The Cadmium Red Medium adds a sparkle of light, appearing as tiny dashes of color in random areas of the canvas where I have not completely covered it."
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