This is one of the first paintings I made in college.
As a freshman, I was trying to decide between majoring in painting or drawing, and this was one of the paintings I made in my first painting class. We were told to make two paintings, of anything we wanted. They were meant to be a sort-of time capsule to look at as seniors and see how much our skills and style had developed in four years.
Because I was already planning on making one abstract painting using warm colors, I decided to use a cool color and paint in monochrome. I'd never painted using only one color before, so I started with a simple landscape without using references.
