"Stormy Night" Landscape by Minnesota Contemporary Mixed Media artist Terry Honstead

This 22 x 28 landscape (or seascape) painting called "Stormy Night"  was an experiment in using black as the background.  I have never painted on black before and this was fun.  A lot different than I expected!  I used a lot of iridescent and interference paints with this and it really made the colors pop on the black background!  You can find more of my work at:http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/terry-honstead.html or email me at:  honstead@paulbunyan.net.

"Tranquility" by Terry Honstead

Or I think it is finished anyway.  I may decide to add more to it later.  There is one area that I am not real sure about yet.  I will know after a day or two (or three or four!)  Anyway, I think I am done for the time being.  I added more large areas of green to the tree area as well as some more detail.  Also I darkened some of the areas so that the light would be going down the center of the painting with the darker areas on the sides.

Tranquility progressing by Terry Honstead

I have been working on the rocks and water and they are about finished now.  I still need to work on the greenery on the upper part of the painting.  This is taking me a long time, but I hope it will be worth it when it is finished.   This painting is on a full sheet of 300 lb. Arches watercolor paper.