A Gentleman

This painting was a quick 1-day deal which took over a week to dry… If you saw my Facebook page no doubt you saw me complaining about it. I think it was due to a new yellow paint I used in the background. Everything dried quickly in a couple of days except for that yellow corner. By Monday I was getting worried it would never dry in this humidity (it’s the rainy season now) so I left it under the air conditioner for 2 days. That didn’t help very much, so yesterday I put it outside in the sun all day long. That did a good job, and after one more day of sunning it, it was finally dry. I actually painted a pair of chickens — his wife is on another panel — but the other one is not dry enough to scan yet. Perhaps another day sitting in the sun will do the trick.

It’s a pretty simple piece because of its size. It’s on a very small wood board and I did it for a show/competition next week based on this size image. Hopefully I’ll be able to post the other panel tomorrow. They look pretty good side-by-side. In fact, I think they would make decent men/women restroom signs.