Waiting art-code-#3/100 the light is simply too

the light is simply too stark to do the drama of this amphitheatre justice

But I knew it would be a mistake to go back and try to copy what I did eight years ago

I studied the rain scenes from Paul Greengrass’s recent western - News of the World - with Tom Hanks and the effect added such mood and textural detail to Hanks’ face and clothes that I could not remove the prompt from my head

I wanted to convey that the Wild West was a tough place where an early death was accepted as part of daily life and deadly confrontations drew crowds as opposed to outrage

8" x 8" per bird

Waiting art-code-#3/100 the light is simply tooOriginal Oil Painting 31" x 48"