Original artwork description:

I took my oil paints up into the mountains of Tennessee. I found this granite rock outcropping at the top of a ridge and set up my easel on an opposite rock outcropping. I painted here for 2 days and then finished in the studio.
Here's the story of why I call this painting "The Domain Of Popeye." While I painted, a little feral cat came and sat in the sun on the rocks. He was very cute and sweet and only had one eye, so I called him Popeye. He kept me company while I painted. This was clearly his home. I was also thinking of an Edgar Allen Poe newspaper column from about 1835 called "The Domain Of Arnheim." So I mixed the two and called my painting "The Domain Of Popeye."
The sun light coming through the trees and the rough lichen covered surface of the rocks is what I found so interesting. I think I managed to capture the feeling pretty well, yes?

Materials used:

stretched canvas, oil paint, varnish

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