Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>I’ve worked through other issues with painting as well. It took me awhile to work through them. I wanted a lot of life–activity–in this painting. I’ve added about a dozen figures in the middle-ground, and I’m pretty happy with it now. It still has a long way to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s really overcast today and the studio lights affect tones. It’s either the studio lights or a flash, which would be worse, so the photo isn’t very good. Picnic is 40″ x 56.” It’s oil over acrylic toned ground. 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