Flathead
13 May 2026
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
I hadn't painted clouds in a while (in a while to me) so I felt the need. I was originally going to make a very bland and washed out foreground, but I thought the clouds needed a little more accent. I also darkened the sky for the same reason. You can see the original layout/concept in the one stage picture below. It's the only stage pic I took. For the clouds and sky, I was trying to incorporate, read use, an off color I made by trying to get as much paint from a plastic bottle holding white paint. I like the result. The title comes from the darkest line running through the fields. It struck me as a channel of sorts - maybe an irrigation channel. Being from Nebraska, I immediately thought of channel catfish. One of the "big three" catfish is the Flathead. Flathead won over Blue and Channel. Yes channel catfish makes more sense, but flathead leaves more to the imagination.
The original layout and only stage shot. I painted it one evening and finished it the next day.
This is the frame currently holding Flathead. I made with wood and painted it gray.
I had raw wood frames available, but thought the gray pulled out dark areas of the clouds.
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