Tonkawa
24 August 2025
Acrylic on poly-cotton canvas
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8)
I bought a piece of wall art (I call it Garage) and it was a bit larger than 16x20, but the frame had some damage. It's annoying when you don't notice those things when you make the purchase. However, it was a chance to make my own stretcher and re-stretch the canvas to fit. It worked out pretty well. The painting started with a vague idea of a submarine with a stormy sky. As mentioned in the painting title, this is (I assume) a poly-cotton canvas. I thought it was vinyl but I think the poly-cotton mix is more accurate. It's a pretty cool surface to paint on because it doesn't grab/absorb paint as much as full cotton canvas. That is very nice for blending. I was having fun with that blending and created the sky, but dropped the submarine idea. I struggled with the terrain a bit, but I liked how it turned out, too. To give it some life, I added the cowboy with his horse. KC thought it looked like an Oklahoma storm sky. I thought that was apropos so I called it Tonkawa, which I would say is much better than Garage.
A gif showing some of the steps. Sat for 25 days, painted on it for two.
This is the frame holding Tonkawa.
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