Village in the Valley

Here is another example of a 'reverse painting'. I painted the canvas black and then added the elements of the painting from foreground to background. It is the process of actually painting that is satisfying, not just the end result. This painting began in darkness and then the sun rose and illuminated the scene.

Reverse Painting: The Bathers

Reverse painting, as I call it, (some would say 'backwards') begins just like 'blotchilism' with the canvas painted black. Painting proceeds from the front to the background. In this case, the figures were painted in first and the sky last. Black is reserved around each of the elements in the painting. Strange, I know, but it achieves a pasted cut-out effect that would not be produced otherwise.