Gray Day, West LA 5

Gray Day, West LA 5, oil, 6 x 6, $125

I have been looking at this view for 20 years and have painted it from time to time.  I decided to go check on the most recent iteration before today’s and when I found it I was so flipped out by my progress that I literally flipped the older painting onto a wet canvas on the floor.  Ugh!  Luckily it didn’t do too much damage because the flipped piece was a small painting (which hopefully explains how I managed to accidentally flip it) but seriously?!  Anyway, I’ve always loved the subtle gray variations on a gray day, which happens almost every morning in the part of LA I live in…a “marine layer” that usually quickly burns off, but was clearly not going to today so thought I’d take advantage of it and see what I could come up with.  It’s quite a challenge, but at least I’m making progress.