East to Albuquerque
48 x 36 inches 
acrylic and mixed media on gallery wrap canvas
​$ 4100

This abstract painting was inspired by the color blue and a trip to the southwest. We were driving east on I-40 close to midnight. There must have been a cloud cover because sky was very dark; no moon and no stars. There were maybe 2 or 3 cars on the road near us and I was looking out the window at pure, uninterrupted blackness but then the car crested the hill and there it was;  Albuequerque all lit up like an oasis in the desert with the Sandia Mountains behind it. I snapped a picture of these bright lights and the impact made its way onto a canvas.

• 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch gallery wrap canvas - ​wired and ready to hang​
• Layers of thinly laid acrylic paint over acrylic mediums and collaged papers 
• Descriptive textural elements: cut papers, acrylic mediums,
• Oil pastel highlights are added at the end of the process and the  painting is finished with a clear acrylic varnish for surface protection
• The painting extends around all sides of the gallery wrapped canvas​