Work in Progress

"'49 Buick"
3''x2''
Oil on canvas

This is my trickiest painting.  Not only did I have to do endless amounts of research, but I had to start over so many different times.  I wanted to apint something that I love.  When I think of cars that I love, I think of the 1949 Buick.  Why?  Because to me, this car is class at it's finist.  It's long, stream-lined body, waxed in an incomprehensible mirror like way, just defines the beauty of cars.

  I wanted it to be cliché, so I painted it on a beach with blue sky and blue waves.  The sand was really hard for me.  I layered, layered and layered.  It still looks like the shadow is an "oil spill," as told to me by my professor.  The body of the car for now is pretty solid, but the front end isn't as long as it should be.  I like being able to manipulate the paint to mimic the metallic body of this beast.  I have since abandoned this piece, hoping that my desire to see it finished and beautiful will over throw my frustration with the whole piece.