I Can Do Better

I thought the commissioned oil painting of a Giant Sequoia was finished. I photographed it, fixed the photo on Photoshop Junior (because there is no way to hold the camera perfectly aligned with the painting), and even varnished it.

Then I decided to compare it to the one that my customer saw and liked, painted back in 2012.

The darks are darker in this one, and it just looks better. 

Back to the easel with my newest Big Tree oil painting, since I can do better, because. . .

. . .I make art that people can understand, of places and things they love, for prices that won’t scare them.