The paint inspiring truck rides again. After a bit of a false start on the installation, I had it towed to the people who supplied the replacement engine (North Birmingham Truck And Auto Parts). They squared away the wiring harness, changed the oil, and repaired a transmission line for a quite reasonable fee and it's on the road again.
Meanwhile during the wait for the new life of the truck to begin I began my own renaissance. "The Blue Irises" to the right were the first thing I'd painted since the truck. It is 8 x 10 inches in latex on stretched canvas.
It was followed by Angel Fish and Irises a larger 21 1/2 x 24 inch also latex on stretched canvas. Instead of tripping on the lack of transportation I began to push as hard into the painting as possible, and began another painting as soon as I finished one.
Still working in latex on stretched canvas, "Butterfly Hiss" is 12 x 16 inches.
"Ye Old Shade Tree" is about 12 x 16 inches in latex on plywood. This was my first painting on wood, a plywood scrap I'd had for years. It's thickness made it stiffer than the plywood I've used since but it's rougher surface worked me. I only got one picture of this one, then I gave it to the guys who couldn't get my truck running. That was still July 2019.
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