In 2000 when I was living in Holland, my American roomate Henry and I went to Paris to see a few cool things: The Louvre, Notre Dame, etc. We happened to arrive in Paris during the weekend of Bastille Day. On the way back from the Fireworks (Effiel Tower) to the Hotel, there were thousands of people also returning to thier home as well. Many of us took side streets to save time. I do not know how many miles we walked (subways were closed) so we had a long 2 hour walk back to the Hotel. (good thing we had a map)!
The image is made from my memory of looking up into the buildings and apartements at night in Paris returning from the fireworks. I wanted to show the reflections of the lights from traffic below on the various textures of the buildings.
This painting was inspired by the painting: La Rue Montorguiel, by Claude Monet.
I used an encaustic approach to the painting, where upon I applied several repeated deep layers of paint to create the texured lookI desired.
Mitch
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