Friday, June 1, 2012

"Eruption"

Acrylic on canvas:  24 in. x 48 in.

Here's my Eddie Van Halen painting, on the largest canvas I've painted so far.  I wanted the focus of the painting to be his famous "Frankenstein" guitar, so I kept the rest of the painting more muted and less detailed.  The painting was done primarily using only reds and greens.  The image itself was created from about 4 or 5 different reference photos.  I've used what little brain power I have left to figure out how to add audio to my blog, so now you can listen to some music while looking at my artwork: