[Linda Brandon]

Oil, around 22" x 16". I painted this during Saturday's 3-hour open studio session. I wanted to show everybody here the dramatic underside/side lighting (I wish I could say that I thought of doing the setup like this, but it was somebody else's idea). I'm going to try this at home next. By the way, I cropped this to show how I bring a support to open studio: I thumbtack (sometimes tape down) good quality linen to a fiberboard and if the painting turns out to be okay, I glue it to masonite or stretch it on stretcher bars when its dry.