La Grande Évasion

“La Grande Évasion” is a Custom Commissioned Work created for a Client who was wanting an original piece of colorful Art to liven-up their bland living room. The theme of the painting harkens directly to my “The Girl” series, with the size and colors agreed to by both Artist and Client. The theme of escape and loss play heavy in this piece yet we know the loss can be overcome in the end. This piece was successfully delivered to the Client via FedEx and now hangs proudly in their living room as envisioned.

The piece is painted on a custom built and stretched canvas frame which I made specifically for this painting, it is complete and ready to hang.

Painting Details:

-Custom canvas stretcher prepared with 3 coats of Blick Professional Gesso and an additional original painting “under coat” of Red and Orange Oil Paint

-Brushes; Grumbacher Bristle Flat #2, #3, #4, Round #1, Winsor & Newton Bristle Filbert #2, Princeton Bristle Flat #2, #3, Davinci Kolnsky Flat #2 and Escoda Clasico Chungking White Flat #6 #8

-Paint; Winsor & Newton Artist Colour, Gamblin Artist Oil, Old Holland Oil Colors, Blockx Oil Colors and Sennelier Artist Oil. 15 different base colors mixed to hue and varying thickness. Liquin and Colbalt dryer agents used to thin paint and speed-up “drying” time

- Final painting was sealed using 2 coats of Gamvar High Gloss after two(2) month “drying” time

Custom Frame Details:

Shadow Box style frame made of Red Oak by the Artist exclusively for this painting in 2021.

- Frame dimensions are 34”h x 26”w x 2.6”d

- Shadow width ¼” from canvas to frame and the frame edge width is 3/4” wide

- Frame is Stained and Varnished with 2 coats of Dark Ebony Satin finish

- 100lb. rated picture cable through stainless steel eye-hooks is used to hang the entire piece. (16lbs. total weight for canvas and frame)

As always, I welcome the opportunity to discuss making a similar Original Commissioned Piece (it will NOT be a copy, but shall have the same feel as the original).