THE CRYSTAL TREE (2016) by Michael Whelan, week 51 in his LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project. This one arose from brush marks on a scrap piece of mat board fished out of my wastebasket. I had been testing a new angular brush, making strokes...
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THE CRYSTAL TREE (2016) by Michael Whelan, week 51 in his LEFTOVERS & PALETTE GREMLINS gallery project.

This one arose from brush marks on a scrap piece of mat board fished out of my wastebasket. I had been testing a new angular brush, making strokes in various directions in white on a purple-black wash which had been applied some time earlier. The shape of the combined brushstrokes suggested a Christmas tree, and since it was the winter solstice I played with the idea to see where it would take me.

Source: michaelwhelan.com

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