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Personal quote on 9th April at 1445hrs:

“the Orange Sand Gold.. i used it [the canvas] purely for mixing, then i loved the orangey canvas! im not certain i would want to sell this. however i will do another version with the ideas. the paint plays art immensely useful for producing compositions.”

This version “Orange Sand & Gold #1” is made within an hour approximately. 

“Orange Sand & Gold #1” is very much an emotional-feel painting, as Turner-like beautiful as I can make.

Here is the second version of the composition:

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[ I hope you love this second version of an original composition I produced.  The Sun-sky area required several drafts to achieve the desired texture and mood I require for fine art pieces. 

A distinct movie franchise found its way, twice, into this artwork.

“Orange Sand & Gold #1” and “Orange Sand & Gold #2” share a triple mountain composition, a shine to the gold and bronze Sun-stars with a deep-orange contrast to the sky. ]

In the second version we see a Jabba The Hutt and Yoda-like representation. See the two eyes, one in the middle and one in the right mountain. ‘Jabba The Hutt’ features were partially visible so I had fun accentuating this idea.

I have highlighted a ‘Yoda-like’ character with a screen drawn image, here

The Yoda-like outline is my interpretation. In fact I kept this strange orange flurry in the painting, unknowing the reason until afterwards. This orangey flurry looks so different than the other sky elements I consciously evaluated same to decide whether to keep it in my painting.

My decision after a few minutes was, ‘I love this, I’m not going to change or overpaint’ it. Very glad I took that decision.

Want to know a subconscious secret to the composition?

Some weeks after both paintings I was sat on my bed. I looked up ahead of me, viewing the October 1997 framed watercolour painting on paper-card my Nan had owned. It was a gift then from my Nan’s artist friend. I met her at my Nan’s funeral in December 2023.

A watercolour painting of the Malvern Hills, UK.

I’d never seen a face in the painting before.

[The Star Wars franchise is owned by The Walt Disney Company. Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012]