Atmosphere and Reckoner: inside the studio

I created both of these paintings during Christmas of 2025.

This was a little more than one month after I opened my first set of paints. And I was desperate to experiment with how heat and light can be contained and amplify at the same time.

I dragged and wiped, with dry brush and clean rags, using small amounts of tape to form and hide. Even using my fingers to swallow and pull the viewer into the scene.

Learning by doing and the canvas teaching in response. With Radiohead and Joy Division keeping spirits high.

This is where spring training ended, and my full season of oil painting began. It is impossible to over state the value that these two painting paintings have with me.