Panamax Update: The Chop

I've been busy.  As of yesterday I have all nine of my canvases prepared for the Panamax show, and I have all the images "chopped" in. 

My printmaking experience is helping me immensely with this series - breaking the composition down to the core contrast of black and white, and starting the painting there, is helpful on many fronts: first, it makes me begin thinking of the lights and darks immediately, and second, after I have my line defined, it gives me the areas where I can fill in the color fields.  The latter is the next step.  I'll document that here, too.

For now, here is the entire series in order (see source images here), in what I am calling Stage 1: The Chop

Panama - 48"x36"

International - 48"x36"

Anvil - 36"x36"

Looking Port - 36"x36"

Stacks - 48"x24"

Departing - 24"x48"

Portal - 48"x60"

Above the Bridge - 60"x30"

and a late addition:

Davits 2 - 48"x48"

Here is a photo of me with some of the paintings to show scale: