direct dialogue

In a previous post I mentioned working on some larger studio works, and I am deliberately not rushing them.

However, after working so many months indoors painting from intuition, recall, trial, error, and some 2d references, I needed to simply lay down something from direct observation. 

Hence a very quick plein air, worked between snow flurries and freezing rain- 

 February, oil / cold wax on canvas, 14x28in, copyright Jan Yates, 2014