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A Long Sunset

12" x 16" Oil on Panel
Painted on location long after the sunset. Had to blend the sky a bit further after getting back to the studio

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Tags: desert, glow, sunset
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Comment by Karen Scannell on August 30, 2011 at 4:26am: ..............soooo beautiful!!

Comment by Helen Juliet Campbell on August 30, 2011 at 9:49am: Very, very nice.

Comment by Jerry Campbell on August 30, 2011 at 7:13pm: Always a pleasure to see you work, Damien!

Comment by June Shull on August 30, 2011 at 8:40pm: I feel like I am standing right there viewing the beautiful evening. The afterglow from the spot when the sun set is hard to look at....just like the real thing.

Comment by Damien M. Gonzales on August 30, 2011 at 9:19pm: Thanks to all of you. I hope your painting is going well.

Comment by Bruce Bundock on September 23, 2011 at 5:34am: Damien,

It's an absolute pleasure to view your work. Question: what adhesive are you using to mount your linen to panel,

or are your panels pre-mounted? best, Bruce Bundock

Comment by Damien M. Gonzales on September 23, 2011 at 12:01pm: I mount lead primed linen when it is used. I use plain old white glue purchased in gallon jugs and have not worried too much about pH because the linen has been sized with rabbit skin glue which should provide adequate protection from acids from the glue and wood panel. Rabbit skin sizing is soluable in water so I don't thin the white glue with water but just apply it right out of the bottle to an 1/8" MDF panel. The water content in the glue is enough to allow brushing and time to position the sheet of linen. As you know there are many neutral pH archival glues available like Miracle Muck available. I don't use store bought linen panels very often because they are relatively expensive. I cut linen into sheets like paper, tape one to a scrap cardboard supports and go. If the painting works I mount it. If it's a flop I toss it and little investment of time and money is lost. Frees you from trying to salvage a bad painting for the sake of the materials.

Comment by Richard Szkutnik on September 30, 2011 at 6:29pm: Looks I'm not only one to enjoy yours work

Comment by Gil Adams on October 7, 2011 at 2:20pm: Thank you for your comments about my painting..just completed looking at your work and just had to chime in with everyone else..your work is inspiring. I especially like this one. Beautiful.

Best to you..

Comment by Darrell Baschak on October 2, 2012 at 8:55pm: Damien, this is an awesome painting. Way to go!