(mouse-over to magnify / click to expand)
|
(mouse-over to magnify / click to expand)
Nov 17, 2017
Media: Oil on Pannelli Telati fine Cotton Panel
Size: 5x7 in
My
first night in the deserts of the Southwest was in October 2013, near Recapture
Pocket, not far from Bluff, Utah. I had come
down from the Colorado Rockies, past a closed Mesa Verde (thanks to the damned
government shut down that year), and wound up across the valley from Recapture Pocket. It was a warm evening with a quarter Moon off
to my left as I sat and watched Venus setting over the desert rocks to the
southwest, and the next morning I began this painting ... I dug it out and
finished it the other day. At present I
am in the Moab, Utah area, exploring Arches National Park, and that will be the
subject of my next posting. Pigments
used in the painting were, Imprimatura: W&N Venetian Red; Drawing: W&N Ultramarine
Deep; Pigments: W&N Ultramarine Deep, just touches of Cadmiums Yellow Pale,
Orange & Red, Venetian Red & Cremnitz White; Michael Harding Prussian
Blue; Rublev: Purple Ochre, Lead White #1. For more check
out my blog at
www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
My
first night in the deserts of the Southwest was in October 2013, near Recapture
Pocket, not far from Bluff, Utah. I had come
down from the Colorado Rockies, past a closed Mesa Verde (thanks to the damned
government shut down that year), and wound up across the valley from Recapture Pocket. It was a warm evening with a quarter Moon off
to my left as I sat and watched Venus setting over the desert rocks to the
southwest, and the next morning I began this painting ... I dug it out and
finished it the other day. At present I
am in the Moab, Utah area, exploring Arches National Park, and that will be the
subject of my next posting. Pigments
used in the painting were, Imprimatura: W&N Venetian Red; Drawing: W&N Ultramarine
Deep; Pigments: W&N Ultramarine Deep, just touches of Cadmiums Yellow Pale,
Orange & Red, Venetian Red & Cremnitz White; Michael Harding Prussian
Blue; Rublev: Purple Ochre, Lead White #1. For more check
out my blog at
www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
|
Available Paintings by Steven Thor Johanneson
|
![](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/steven-thor-johanneson/c1496-%e2%80%9cfirst-night-in-the-desert-%e2%80%a6-venus-setting-beneath-a-desert-moon%e2%80%9d-ne/635360&media=https://s3.amazonaws.com/fineartimages.dailypaintworks.com/6cd16854-b4cb-41d9-873c-9b82d4c4a3e7.jpg&description=Daily Paintworks - "C1496 “First Night in the Desert … Venus Setting beneath a Desert Moon” (near Recapture Pocket, Utah)" - Original Fine Art for Sale - © Steven Thor Johanneson)
Email to a Friend
