Lighten up...

This collector wanted the hand-lettering to blend in better with the background.  

Heres the before photo:

 

I completely agree with their argument that the text is way to strong for the piece.

Here is the finished painting:

More texture.

Using Liquitex Gloss Heavy Gel as the adhesive, I built these up on two 12X16 pieces. I will revisit these in a day or two.

Yes it's a blog...

 Here I hope to post photos and progress on pieces from beginning to end. Time to get to work.

-Dave