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Here is what I’m working on now.\u00a0 This is going to be a Tanker Plane dumping retardant on a forest fire below.\u00a0 I’ve just begun to work on the mountain scenery.\u00a0 There is still work to do on the smoke, fire and clouds, as well as the plane of course, which is blocked in in magenta.<\/p>\n

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Work in Progress 09-11-2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’ve done some more work on this and like the rhythm it has.\u00a0 There is still much more to do but all in all I’m pleased so far with the composition and the colors.\u00a0 I think I can work through the problems with this one, which is saying something because that is not always true.\u00a0 Sometimes you just have to scrape it off and try something different.\u00a0 In fact, this painting\u00a0began its life\u00a0on a scraped, cast-off painting that I tried to bring to life but it was eventually D.O.A.\u00a0 Here is the second installment:\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

…Just an update on this painting. I’ve done a bit more and still have quite a bit to do. Here is the third installment:<\/p>\n

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Added more trees, smoke, clouds, etc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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