Another day, another wedding present.

This was done for my good friends Mr. and Mrs. Spade.  Mr. Spade is loud, outgoing, and ridiculous.  I wanted to paint him something also loud and outgoing and ridiculous.

I used a 3 panel, triptych-based blocking for the base colors.  Then, I covered the whole canvas with a layer of gesso and water.  I let it dry partway, before pouring a bunch of paint on top, using my trustworthy olive oil dispenser (similar to Les Mis).  The poured paint partly dissolved the un-dry gesso and created some pooling and layering that has some depth to it.

untitled, 2015, acrylic on canvas

Some other pictures that show a little more detail.