Jimi plays Monterey

The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. Monterey was the first widely promoted and heavily attended rock festival, attracting an estimated 55,000 total attendees with up to 90,000 people present at the event's peak at midnight on Sunday.
The festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by Jimi Hendrix, The Who and Ravi Shankar, the first large scale public performance of Janis Joplin, and the introduction of Otis Redding to a large, predominantly white audience.

I have made a decision to paint a little larger this year.  This piece is 48" x 48" which I find is a really nice portrait size.. I like the square canvases lately.

The basic image is roughed in.  This is where the proportions and tonal qualities are based.  Once I am happy with the layout and look of the work, then I will start to build up layers and start creating the form.

As the image progresses, the details start to take life...  with a painting of this scale, everything is exaggerated.  I think that is what is so great about a large scale painting. Up close the brush work is loose.  It's not until you stand back that you get the whole semi-photo realistic impression.

This piece is approx half to two thirds complete.  Stay tuned for more updates and the finished result!

Feb 11th 2013
Here is the completed piece...