2024; Oil on panel; 8×10. Painted en plein air in May near the Carson Nature Center in Littleton, Colorado. This is one of a series of panels where I’m testing various painting surfaces (gesso-coated MDF board, canvas MDF board, gesso-coated canvas MDF board, etc). Probably more detail than you want to know. But surface makes a difference when painting. In this particular panel (gesso-coated MDF board), the paint easily slides around the surface allowing for interesting gesture marks. But it’s easy to scrape off all those marks, too, exposing the underlying surface.
John Walthier 