I painted this on a last-minute attempt to meet a call-for-art deadline. The theme was "pick a color" where you could only use one color. As you can see, it's not really one color. Rather it's shades of one color. I'm not sure how you can use one color (when painting) without using white and/or black. In fact, I should have used a little black mixed in to further accentuate the buildings, but this is definitely more aligned with the intent of the call. I painted it right before I painted Chromofloe. I painted it on cardboard. It's very thin cardboard - almost between very thick card stock and very thing cardboard. Edvard Munch painted The Scream on cardboard so I thought I'd give it a go. It was rather freeing since you're not worried about 'wasting' a canvas. Even that notion is silly and I need to get over that and the idea of 'wasting' paint. They'll make more of both.
There are no stage shots as I painted it rather quickly. The see-through tunnel or bridge with what looks like crossbeams are left overs from the original laydown which was abstract in nature. I left it because it adds a bit of mystery and confusion. Often I'll title based on things pertinent to the surface. The other side of this cardboard had a floral print. Instead, I continued with the run of titles I've given to cityscapes. That City, Second City, Tricity and now Quadricity.
There is no frame currently holding Quadricity but I'm working on it.
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