“Burning Bush” 9x12 oil on panelI painted outdoors on one of the last warm days and was struck by the light shining through the foliage of this flaming orange bush, against the dark background. I knew I had to take it on! It was a struggle to “make” something out of the area around the bush, which was actually a stone wall, but I figured it out using temperature and color. I had only to create some shadow areas with a grayed down mid range dark. I toned the canvas orange which preserved the glow of the bush.
