Three Alaska Landscape Paintings 2005-2007 | Painting 2 of 3

Matanuska River, End of Summer
40 x 40 inches, oil on linen, 2005-07
Private Collection
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Painting 1 of 3 | Painting 3 of 3

Click on images below to see bigger pictures of progress and enlarged details. All work on location, working under a protective rain tarp when necessary.

	1) Preliminary drawing study for composition.
	2) Charcoal drawing on canvas.
	3) Detail of charcoal drawing on canvas.
	4) First paint on the canvas.
	5) Detail of early progress, upper left.
	6) Closer look at same detail, larger than actual size.
	7) October 2005 detail, top left.
	8) October 2005 detail, top center.
	9) October 2005 detail of mountain, a little larger than actual size.
	10) October 2005 detail, bottom left.
	11) October 2005 detail of trees, a little larger than actual size.
	12) October 2005 detail, bottom right.
	13) Spence's wife, Cammie, with delicious Copper River salmon from site owners Gail and Werner, following a great dinner with them. Nothin' better than wild Alaska salmon!
	14) Spence preparing to work in the rain tarp, on the bluff above the river in mid-September 2005. Photo by Cammie.
	15) Worksite in late October 2005.
	16) End of October last year, 2005, state of the painting, overall view. Work discontinued until following year, 2006.
In May 2006, work resumed from life on location, especially bottom right, and on the sky.
	17) End of May 2006 detail, bottom right, where more bare trees have been added. Leaves will be added as appropriate in the fall.
	18) End of May 2006 detail, bottom left. More work will be done here.
	19) Overall view, current state as of July 1st, 2006. First layer of clear, cloudless September blue sky has been added. More work was done later to complete the painting.
	20) Final detail, Sept. 2007, after a third layer of transparent, deeper blue was added to the sky and all work is now complete. For larger detail view of this upper right area, click here.

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