Tomorrow is the opening night of my solo show, and although I'm excited about that, tonight I'm working on some commissions that are long overdue.


I enjoy tackling commissions after my shows because it allows me to paint while thinking where my next body of work will go.

-Nathan

Now that my show is all finished I'm shifting my concentration over towards commissions and fun new projects. This downtime is
Important because it allows me to think of what I'll be painting next. Here is a new piece I'm dabbling with.


-Nathan

I'm putting the final touches on three of my oval pieces. The pieces show Hector's meeting with Diana above the clouds. I wanted to show scope, but also have the characters done in miniature.


I enjoy painting small objects with a larger brush; it's always fun to let the unpredictable stray brushstrokes add their own details.

-Nathan

I'm really getting into these oval pieces. Three of them have a lot of sky, but it's supposed to covey an otherworldly element. I'm experimenting not only with mixing with gold paint but also 'slicing' the sky into sections of color:


Here are two of the pieces. Now I just need to add the 'stuff'.

-Nathan