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Broken Knife Ridge

oil on canvas
30" x 30"
2011
private collection

I'm drawn to landscapes that already look like paintings. I'm fortunate to have that sensation almost daily due to constantly changing weather on Kachemak Bay. My favorite canvases span a range of mark-making, from clean, specific drawing to loose, langorous brushstrokes. I found that after a few sessions, creating layers, so the ridge line was excavated by wiping the topmost layer (Broken Knife Ridge) to reveal the pinkish backlight of a previous layer.