I love every aspect and every part of my work stream in producing a painting. Having said that though, some aspects are just more fun and motivating than others. Right at the very top in the fun stakes, along with adding detail, nuance, character and finishing touches near the end of the process, comes the process of collection and gathering of reference material at the start of the process.
I JUST LUUUVE THE OPEN ROAD!!!
I wish I had recorded over time how many tens of thousands of kilometres I've driven in my forty years or so of travel and trips through our remote landscape in my endless quest for inspiration and reference material.
"Rust In Peace" is the fruit of one (or should I rather say some!) of those.
As per my usual modus operandi, its not a slavishly copied replica of an actual scene, but rather, in the interests of composition, mood, atmosphere and more especially, as always... Story, it's a composite of real images stitched together to create an imaginary scene. Not an actual existing scene but definitely a realistic portrayal of an area or aspect of our landscape.
In this case the old Morris was lying at the gate of Erin Guest Farm near Middleberg in the Eastern Cape. The backdrop is the mountains around a remote district road off the R63 in the Victoria West area of the Western Cape.
See HERE what you can find on the R63 ... "Road Less Travelled!". Its truly a worthwhile detour on the hard road of life!
My rendition of our remote, far away, central Karoo area of the Eastern and Western Cape.
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