Study for Mink River

A study for Mink River, 7x7 Acrylic Mixed media on paper

This is the best of several studies I worked on today to try out design and motif thoughts for a painting that I need to finish for the Lake Oswego Reads celebration. The book is Mink River,by Brian Doyle and is a very good read; based on a fictional Oregon coastal town, full of beautiful language and imagery. It's hard not to be to literal when he has such vivid descriptive passages. I hope to abstract or symbolize Mr. Doyle's characters and themes. How to paint TIME and its changeable elusive nature, that's one of my goals and challenges.

Let me know what you think.