Orangs

Working with sketches I've done of orangutans at zoos I started a painting I intended to be an exploration of orange.



The photo above is for scale. The canvas is about 34" H x 72" W.


As I painted I lost my initial layout lines. I like lines. So I repainted them (below).


But it looked funny - not right. So I watched it for a few days, and thought.

I'm more comfortable with yellow and white. It is my solution when a painting doesn't feel finished/concluded. And I added more orangs over the whole painting. My husband says he has to look really hard to see any orangutans. All I see is orangutans...and one gorilla (which I didn't put in the painting - he just showed up).