In most of my paintings, everything is built up by painting many layers of colour and detail gradually progressing with finer and finer detail. I generally start from a basic initial abstract idea loosely 'sketched' onto the painting surface with very broad, roughed-in paint. I then gradually refine and build up the details layer by layer, while adding and taking things away. There is never any set formula, and every painting is unique in how it progresses. MB |