Chromatic Atlas: Progression of a painting

Chromatic Atlas, 48" x 60", acrylic, graphite, charcoal. oil stick on canvas

My painting process starts with intuitive mark making using black paint, graphite, oil pencil, markers. I lay in acrylic washes over parts of the canvas. I used oil sticks to make more marks. Thicker, opaque passages of acrylic paint were added with spatula and brushes. I then go in and out of the paint, making more marks and obliterating others, creating layers of paint, marks, texture. I stop when I feel intuitively satisfied. I tend to have several paintings going on simultaneously so as not to make one particular painting too 'precious'.