I created this painting for the Louisville Water Tower’s 150th anniversary exhibition. There are several statues circling the top of the tower base and these are two of them, a male and female.  Those two have been standing next to each other for 150 years and have managed to pull through tornadoes,  earthquakes and more.

This painting is almost entirely made up of glazes.  My first initial glaze was to start with the statues, in particular the male figure on the left, starting with his hat.  I made one continuous glaze, changing from color to color as I went, choosing the color depending upon its location on the statue.  I used cobalt blue, diox. violet, cobalt violet, perm. rose,  quinacridone gold and thalo blue.  Once I had the statues and lower area completed with an initial glaze, I started the sky background again glazing one continuous glaze, changing the color slightly as I went, later deepening the color at key areas to move the eye through the painting.  Finally, I went back in the statues, bringing out small details to empasize the figures.

This painting has been accepted into the juried exhibition “Reflections on a Louisville Landmark” at the water tower and will be on display in the gallery between September 3- October 22, 2010.
Image Size: 30×22″     Purchase: Please email me for availability.