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It’s Where I Go (To Get Lost) - Original Oil Painting

Canvas board size 20x16 (overall framed size is approximately 28x24)

I look back upon that day,
One like any other
A walk through the woods,
In search of some wonder
Alone with only my thoughts,
And their desperate hunger

I had dreamed of a place,
It was vivid in my mind
Somewhere so special,
The sun always shined
A world that I could go to,
That no one could find

Amongst the trees I wandered,
Into deeper my travels
Leaving trails far behind,
Desperately craving this straggle
My search now certain,
My bothers unraveled

At this particular point,
Stood a bridge so profound
A wooden path to nowhere,
To it now I’m bound
I strolled across slowly,
Yes!— a paradise I’ve found

I revisit the bridge often—
Years since I first crossed
That bridge into nowhere,
I still walk it ever so soft
It helps me stay sane now,
It’s where I go to get lost

I started testing a different process of building thickness to a canvas board by applying heavy coats of modeling paste, then sanding each down in a ‘sculpture-like’ fashion. After I was finished with the three dimensional look, I started painting, then painting more, and then more. There are probably at least 100k+ daubs of paint that I applied to get the final look. I did a lot of color blending on the canvas board itself. This is probably one of the most labor intensive paintings that I’ve done to date.

About 90% of the painting was completed with a palette knife, while the rest was done with a brush. This was necessary to get the aged, mossy look to parts of the bridge, and also to give the trees some needed detail.

It’s mounted in an ornate, black wooden frame that really gives it depth. It makes you want to climb into the painting and cross the bridge yourself.

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