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Abandoned Orange Chevy

David King

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October 3rd, 2015 - 06:58 PM

Abandoned Orange Chevy

Old abandoned trucks rusting into the ground dot the western desert landscape, this is one of my interpretations of such a scene. I've seen many similar scenes in my exploration of rural northern Utah. I took my reference photo for this painting in a salvage yard outside a small, rural town. The truck in the photo was green, I made it orange for the painting because I wanted to have a an intense blue desert sky, having the truck orange would only make that blue seem more intense. I used a palette knife underpainting for this, that's just the mood I was in. Even when using a brush I tried to keep the paint thick using heavy gel medium. It's a challenge to paint a man made object loosely but I enjoy it.

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