“Gorman Bloom” is the first in my Bloom Series. Gorman is located about an hour north of Los Angeles on a part of Highway 5 known as the “Grape Vine”. The area is rich with rolling hills, mountains, and wind. Under the right conditions in springtime, the area will be loaded with wildflowers of all colors. This painting is intended to render that abundance.

The painting that you see was completed in two parts. The central panel was completed at the beginning of May 2020, but later in the month I decided that the painting needed to be larger, so I prepared to double its size. The two flanking panels were completed in late October 2020.

“Gorman Bloom” takes full advantage of a technique that I call “bombing”, where I drop small blobs of paint onto the paint strands. The splatters make a beautiful mess. The painting builds up in layers of progressively shorter strands, working with long strands at the bottom to shorter strands near the top, strategically “bombing” varying colors along the way in varying amounts to get the desired result. The process is loads of fun and produces a spectacular result.

I plan on at least five more paintings done at an even larger scale. I think the resulting paintings will rival Impressionist works such as Monet’s Waterlilies and Van Gogh’s Irises.

Central panel completed 5-1-2020

Central panel dimension: H: 72″ X W: 72″

Expansion completed 10-25-2020.

Final completed dimension after expansion: H: 72″ X W: 144″