chicken wing

Oil on canvas.

36x48x1"

It’s a palette knife painting. this is definitely a departure from my normal, slow, highly detailed works. i really wanted to capture the crispiness of the fried wing. the hard skin, the burnt surfaces. i did feel that wasn't possible with my standard approach to painting.

i had bought several palette knives a while back in different shapes and sizes for a different painting. this just makes sense to me. it's oddly beautiful in this way. from a distance, it feels better. all of those otherwise (in some cases) overworked details don't matter. your eye can only see so much before it's all mudded together.