So, here it is. The final of "Leviathan Queen". There's a slight glare, so some of the darks are off. I'll retake the photo once I put a coat of Galkyd on it. I'll do that once I feel truly done...well, correction: I'll never
feel truly done with it, but I've moved it down to the dining room so that it's out of my studio. Sometimes seeing a painting in a different environment helps me pick out little things that need to be fixed--and I do mean little, I'm not making anymore big changes to it. I just want to make sure that no edges that need fixing up, that's all...and with a piece this large, it's easy to miss stuff like that.
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| "Leviathan Queen", oil on canvas, 60" x 40" |
Anyway, yeah...it's done. Am I 100% happy with it? No. This was started a year and a half ago, and I've learned a lot since then. Composition-wise, I think it is better than how it started it out, but I wished I had used a more restrained color palette--mostly earth tones with the
occasional bright color. I think this piece would be have been more visually coherent that way. I also think it could have benefited from a looser, more "painterly" approach. Ah, well--it's
done and I've learned a
ton. Best to move on--Rapunzel has been waiting all alone in her tower for months!
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