Ladders of Light 6: Red Hands, Green Ladder

Ladders of Light 6: Red Hands, Green Ladder
Sherri Silverman
pastels on Arches Cover paper
29.5" x 30.5"
$3000 framed or unframed. Includes US shipping of unframed pastel painting. International shipping charges upon request.

mystical southwest art. bold colors.
Those are my hands in the Santa Fe sky over Sun and Moon Mountains. I created this piece in my Taos studio. As usual, I spray-fixed it outdoors. There were a few areas needing touch-ups in the sky, so I worked on them and then resprayed with fixative. The touched up areas showed, so I had to redo the entire sky and then respray. The same thing happened! This had never before occurred with any pastel painting, so I had to redo the sky yet again and then skip the fixative. All this layering made the sky's pigment quite intense, powerful, and deep.