This painting started with me searching around thrift shops and yard sales for a painting of a desert-scape scene. I wanted a painting that had the classic desert look, a painting like you might see in the house of a 1960’s movie villain. My idea was to paint dinosaurs as an addition to the original work. I love the artist Wayne White and what he does with adding words to paintings, and I love to do the same thing, but with dinosaurs.
This was one of those canvases where I kept going and going, adjusting so many small things to get the look I was after. I wasn’t particularly thrilled with the canvas when it was done, and I hung it on the wall for months, but never mentioned it publicly. One day I pulled it down and gave it wash- a painting technique that improves the overall tone of the piece. The painting was transformed into what it is now, a buoyant blend of classic western Americana art, blended with a paleo-futuristic parallel timeline.
Why do I paint dinosaurs on hotel room art? Because it’s fun and I love unusual things, and the end result is delicious.
