This One is for Kurt...

Far Out(8x10,oils SOLD) I learned this morning that a great voice in literature, a free-thinker and overall funny guy, Kurt Vonnegut had passed away. Very sad. We need more voices like his in times like we have. But I read an article where even this was too much for him of late. He wrote a few "SFnal" books, though he denied being an SF writer. But it was his thinking that made the difference to many. Kurt, I never knew you but somehow I felt like I did. You will be missed, but rest well, you deserve it. Onto the art...

Once again, this one was sold via Roq La Rue Gallery. A fun piece but getting the rocket's sheen right was tough and it took several sessions because the paint needed to "tack up" that being-making it able to work with and work on. Usually I paint totally alla prima, or, in one sitting. Can't do that here. The landscape was a bit of palette knife work where I had to let the paint set up for a few hours and then kind of burnished it down-it's still very textural. I love these rockets, but my next thoughts are to include some weird aliens in these wild landscapes. That's coming.