Working in the film industry has clearly influenced the brilliant lighting and colour choices Samuel Michlap makes in his paintings. Â He has some great concept art on his blog too, where you can see how his painting is influencing him as a production designer and art director.
On a separate note, it has been an eye opening month for me, being away from PaintBlog. Â I missed the daily routine of discovering and sharing a new painter every day, but I also discovered that I had many more hours available to work on my own paintings. Â I have been very disappointed with my output this past year and a half, and have come to the realization that I have to narrow my priorities, which unfortunately means much less PaintBlog, and much more painting. Â PaintBlog will remain, but my posting will be limited and somewhat sporadic from here on out, which hopefully will mean my work will be less so. Â Thank you to everyone who has read and supported the blog these past years, and I look forward to sharing more work with you in the future, both from other artists, and my own.
