This was another print created as an opportunity to make something that was not too complicated in terms of multiple colors. It turned out to be a little tricky for me just to get the gray registered good around the drone. Here's the inspiration for this image:
One morning I arrived at my studio to find group of plein air painters watching their instructor demonstrate some painting techniques. They were gathered just outside my windows and I found myself checking the scene out from the inside, watching the instructor build his image up and describing his process, while the "students" took copious notes. Everything was fine and dandy...I've enjoyed seeing all of the plein air painters scattered about trying to capture the beauty of Monhegan...until the instructor began to explain how to add some color to their lamp black when making grays. Lamp Black?! You bastard I thought! These are innocent people here that trust you and are hanging on to your every word, couldn't you spend ten frigging minutes to explain to them how to mix their own black?
Later on as I sat back in my apartment eating my lunch I could look down upon an older fellow, one of the students, fumbling with his portable easel rig, arranging his palette, brushes, preliminary sketch...let's see, place the sketch here...shit, too windy...I'll put it back there under my sketch pad, no damn it I can't see it...I'll hold it with my left hand and paint with my right, Christ I need a third arm to hold my view finder! After a while he finally began to paint his picture...holy mother of god! You son of a bitch! He was painting the exact same scene as his instructor!
So there they are hypnotized by the lightning strikes while the drone strikes away, unnoticed, in the distance.