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The Making of a Painting-Tide Pool Diptych

23 Friday Aug 2013

Posted by Martha Rea Baker in From the Studio, Gallery News

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Tide Pool

Tide Pool

Recently Martha was commissioned to create a very large painting for a client in Florida. The finished piece, 110″ x 94″  is shown above.

We have documented the creation of the diptych below.

First washes on the left canvas  110" x 56"

First washes on the left canvas 110″ x 56″

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IMG_0199

Beginning on the right canvas  110" x 38"

Beginning on the right canvas 110″ x 38″

Side by side

Side by side

Adding darks          Adding darks

blending darksBlending darks

Working on connections

Working on connections

The painting was painted on the wall and in a horizontal position on sawhorses.The painting was painted on the wall and in a horizontal position on saw horses.

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Almost finished

Almost finished

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