LA Sunsets
“LA Sunsets” is a one-off I did during my last painting spell in the late 90’s, early 2000. This was to be the first of a Series that were painted on Movie Set wall scraps. Per usual, whenever a movie wraps (finishes) production, they generally discard the Set walls, at least back then they did (all wood is recycled now) and this was from the scrap pile of some long forgotten movie. The actual name of the movie it was from escapes me, a critical flaw of beginning the Series, but you can check my IMDb page and get an idea of which one it was from at the time, www.imdb.com type in John P Fleenor.
This painting is basically a large and heavy (16lbs) panel painting, Gessoed over the pre-existing painted wood and un-tinted. I recently added a Natural Driftwood Border (Frame) to complete the “Recycled” theme. All driftwood pieces were collected during various family beach clean-up days at Malaga and Bluff Cove in LA. Painting is complete and ready to hang.
There is a slight warp of the wood from being stored outside for a few years, it has been helped by the addition of the “frame”, but there is still a tiny curve. I always pictured this hanging in a Bar or Island themed restaurant of some sorts.
Painting Details:
- Art Size: 24.5"w x 48"h
- personally prepared with Gesso “under coat”
- All materials used were current “models” from mid and late 90’s
- Brushes; Grumbacher Bristle, Flat #3, #4 #5
- Paint used; Winsor & Newton Artist Colour and Grumbacher PreTested (back when it was good), 15 different base colors mixed to hue and varying thickness
- Final painting was sealed using 2 coats of High Gloss Damar Varnish
Custom Frame Details:
This painting is “framed” using natural driftwood pieces collected from the Pacific Ocean in LA. Each piece is hand selected and placed around the wall piece to create a “frame”, wood glued/nailed and screwed to the actual piece.
- Frame Size: 27.5"w x 51"h
- Over sized stainless steel eye hooks and heavy duty 14 gage galvanized wire hold this baby firmly against the wall and screwing/nailing the hanging hook to wall stud is an absolute essential due to the overall weight of the piece.
As always, I welcome the opportunity to discuss making a similar Original Commissioned Piece (it will NOT be a copy, but shall have the same feel as the original).
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