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This painting has a story, oh boy I tell ya.
It all started when I entered Oklahoma City during my road trip last December. The sky was literally on fire. It is still so clear in my memory – what an amazing sunset.
I remember shortly before I was about to take the exit for the motel6 after I drove for hours that I saw those water tanks. I remember my thoughts ” Wow, this would make an awesome picture” and then I already passed them. I briefly thought about taking the next exit and driving by again and actually taking the picture but I don’t know why I didn’t.
Since then I was regretting that I didn’t. It reminds me of the jeans at Mango I tried last autumn and didn’t buy. There was this incredible golden coat on it. I thought ” Gosh, when do you think you are gonna wear it?”
NOW! Now, I would wear it but never mind. So I regretted that I didn’t take this picture as I regret that I didn’t buy those jeans. ( Anyone who knows what jeans I am talking about – I am so open for negotiation )
Since the picture in my mind was haunting me and wouldn’t let me leave alone I did some research and was happy to find out, that yes, in fact, there are two water tanks next to the freeway in Oklahoma City ( so no weird mistake in the matrix or something ) and how lucky was I to find out that yes, other people also thought they were worth a picture. I even found one with a slightly orange sky.
Then it took me a test run with this painting and some hesitation and fear until I finally started it more then a month back. I had to figure out how to find the exact orange tone and finally achieved it through layering ( lot of layers, mental note to myself: next time – white background when applying light color above )
When I finalized the background my group show came up and I stopped and put it off again and again. I simply didn’t feel like I could take it on and I wasn’t sure if I ever would. I somewhat gave it up, already considering an overpaint. Then last week, simultaneously to the “big painting” I somehow felt myself into it and suddenly, I could see it again and it was incredible joyful to explore it and put my mental picture to the canvas. It is not finished yet and honestly I am not sure if I will, this painting has its own rules, but I already love it so much.
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