Night Moves

Night Moves is an imagination painting. There was no reference setting, the genesis of it is  subconscious inspiration. Although I shoot thousands of reference photos for specific works,  There is no photograph, no specific view for this painting but I painted this from my imagination having driven past places like it many times. I a painted it in my showroom at Mt Pleasant Mall.  First, I pray to get guidance, that what I paint may please the Lord and bring joy to the person who owns it. Then the paint strokes, color choices and marks that I make come from within my soul. I usually start with an overall color wash and then a simple horizon which becomes a roadmap for the next marks. After living here for several years, the visual language , colors and rythyms of salt marshes have become familiar , understandable from a creative standpoint.  I love the wide open skies over the Isle of palms connector, crossing over the Ashley River, and route 17  along the coast. These places and tides