Reimagined Sky

Reimagined Sky

36 x 36"

oil on canvas

© Nicki Ault, 2015

 

This painting was finally dry enough to transport out of the studio so I could take a photo. It's a sky I have painted before on a much smaller scale. I've always wanted to try it on a large canvas and while I am in a bit of an inspiration limbo, it seemed like a good time to try. I recently read that when an artist is stuck or blocked a good way to deal with the rut is to reimagine something you have done before; to try it in a different way. For this painting I decided I would go big and avoid blue sky at all costs. It isn't coming through well on my monitor, but there is actually quite a bit of soft pink in the sky surrounding the main cloud.

 

Anyway, I hope you like it. Next up is reimagining a birch tree I painted about four or five years ago.