I went out in the baking heat to paint the ‘stork fountain’ known as Storkespringvandet, in the center of Copenhagen. I started by smearing leftover paint from my previous painting onto the 38x46cm canvas and then pulling the paint off with a cloth where the highlights were to be. Paint on, paint off, paint on, paint off. That sort of thing. Anyway, this is the dramatic end result. Jeg tog ud i den bagende varme for at male Storkepringvandets storker. Jeg synes de er flotte. Baggrunden er godt nok opdigtet eftersom jeg startede bare med at rense min palette for maling ved at tværre det ud over lærredet. Derefter tog jeg en klud og tørrede malingen af igen, der hvor der skulle være lyst. Maling på, maling af osv. Resultatet blev ret dramatisk!
Ps. Anyone notice a little extra creature in the painting?