Breach
02 July 2026
Acrylic on wood
8 x 8 in (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
This was my first painting of July 2026. It was also intended for "Tiny but Mighty" (see Rabbet for more info). I had a sky which was very difficult to follow and/or discern from anything else but maybe the terrain. I'd also done Sandy and I didn't want to repeat a skyscape/landscape. I also wanted to be more abstract. There is on show in the gif with an exploded shell. I liked it but I don't think it'd be juried into a show. On that note, I should probably stop using that as a litmus test. I can just paint another painting. The biggest thing I struggled with were colors. I think I ended up in the right spot, and losing the halo was also prudent. The title comes from that space of time when it was an artillery shell. Trench immediately came to mine for trench warfare but Breach makes a similar connection and better serves the painting.
This gif covers about eight days and you can see the grabbling I did with colors.
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