Guys - I'm really proud of this one. No false modesty, or anything like that. I just got the digital file back from my printers and I'm genuinely thrilled by how well it turned out for print!
I'd love to know how this one is hitting for you all.
Title: "Salt Life"
Technique: Impasto Acrylic with white lines painted on top of dried peaks
Story: I'm from Utah - and I've lived around the Salt Lake city area my whole life. There's never been a time when I didn't know this giant (admittedly smelly :P) lake in the background of my scenery from afar. This piece showcases my abstract take on the beautiful range of natural colors that come the process of harvesting salt from the Great Salt Lake. It's a beautiful thing to see, and is wild to see fields of blood red salt ombre leading into white pink salt, and blues as well.
This is me honoring the body of water that helps sustain the life we life in this state.
Fun fact: The Great Salt Lake is a BIG reason why Utah is dubbed "The greatest snow on earth!". When clouds come in from the far west, they get a rejuvenating hit of moisture from the Great Salt Lake, which allows the snowfall to be big and fluffy in our high altitude mountains.
The impasto peaks with those white lines on top are giving the piece so much physical dimension. I love that you're working with actual texture instead of just implying it, the ridges are catching light in a way that changes depending on how you're looking at it. Reading about the red to pink to blue gradient in the actual salt fields makes the color choices feel really grounded. Also didn't know that about the lake and the snow, that's wild.
Thank you! 😄 I really love the texture too. I have yet to start working with body mediums, so for now this is just really thick acrylic applied liberally. When it dries, the texture is really lovely. Expensive process, but I genuinely find this kind of painting very fun.
I'm glad that story gave you some connection too. It's a really fun subject.