Here is how this painting looked on October 9th. To simplify the composition, I eliminated the slope that had been at the lower right corner of the canvas. Then I began to play with texture, tearing strips of gold paper for the mountain slope. This was a different kind of paper than I had been using and it would tear only in straight-line strips. This wasn't exactly what I had expected, but I forged ahead. To make it work, I painted into the area with gold and green paint. For the hillside on the right side of the canvas, I began to create another texture using torn blue-green paper. Then I added some purple washes to the slope in the lower left corner. I once had a wonderful painting teacher who said, "Randi, you have to give yourself a problem and then paint your way out of it." Well, I had given myself a problem alright! I liked each of the four areas of the painting, but the problem I needed to solve was how to get them to work together. To be continued.
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