Title: Firefighter
Year: 2000
Medium: Oil Paint on Canvas
This painting was inspired by my father who is fire chief in his town. I saw an image when flipping through one of his firefighting magazines and based it on that. I chose the size of my piece and started from scratch. I built the frame with stretcher strips, stretched the canvas (cotton duck), primed the canvas with gesso, then went to town with my oil paints.
There is something I really love about this image, the colors and the textures. What thoughts and emotions does it bring up for you?
It brings the thought to my mind, that this is good work
Thanks very much!