I am an oil paint and mixed media artist living and working in Saint John, New Brunswick. On this blog I write about my art projects, entrepreneurship (mis)adventures, and the Saint John cultural scene.

Sunday, August 29, 2010 at 1:53PM
Courtenay Bay painting in progressI just started working on another large Courtenay Bay painting. Because I love Courtenay Bay. In the image above, I have started to work on the lay-out of the canvas, roughly charting the placement of the mixed media elements and later oil paint detail.
Courtenay Bay painting in progressHere I used acrylic matte medium to hold some material in place.
Courtenay Bay painting in progressOn Saturday I started working on preparing the painted background. I'll do a couple more layers with the brush and then switch to the palette knife.