I actually started it in the fall, thought that it was done and signed it, then realized that it needed tons more work. So the date under my signature is off by a year.
It's 18" by 36", done in oils on stretched linen. To prepare the linen for painting I make up a big pot of rabbit skin glue, made by boiling up crunchy bits of rabbit skin (no joke) then brush it all over the surface. This protects the linen from acid in the oil paint which would otherwise rot it.
Something about boiling rabbit skin to smear over stretched linen feels delightfully primitive. A contrast to all of the abstracted and technical game design problems that I'm normally consumed with.
This landscape is in the East Bay watershed area, inland from San Francisco. It's lovely terrain, and since you need a trail pass to use it, almost nobody goes. I snuck in for years before finally buying one, almost getting busted on a couple occasions.
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Here's a detail showing the brushstrokes and paint surface. If you click on it, the zoom will be about life-size. It hasn't been varnished yet, so it's a bit chalky in places.
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Update: You can see more of this painting here:
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