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Moat's Art Welcome to Moat's Art! I have been producing paintings of Spokane area views and buildings.

This is finished, the Ed Hempner Bridge spanning the Columbia River between Kennewick and Pasco, Washington. Pat Schill...
05/26/2026

This is finished, the Ed Hempner Bridge spanning the Columbia River between Kennewick and Pasco, Washington. Pat Schilling Photography is responsible for the great photography.

There was no way that I could crop this image and still represent it properly, so I went in search of a canvas that had a ratio of 2:3, as it turned out, the canvas I found was in feet (2'X3').

I learned a good deal about making long, thin, straight lines, I am pretty satisfied with the result. It was a compulsive work from the moment I saw the image, I had to try it, even if it came out horrible.

The secret cloud tops. At least for the moment, these cloud tops appear and disappear depending on the angle you view a...
05/20/2026

The secret cloud tops. At least for the moment, these cloud tops appear and disappear depending on the angle you view and the lighting...

Getting close to finishing this one, a lot of practice at making little straight thin lines...
05/17/2026

Getting close to finishing this one, a lot of practice at making little straight thin lines...

Now I'm having real fun!
05/13/2026

Now I'm having real fun!

It is progressing nicely. I wanted to mention that having Jody come and check on it is a great help, and leads to some ...
05/11/2026

It is progressing nicely. I wanted to mention that having Jody come and check on it is a great help, and leads to some interesting conversations. If you zoom in on the land mass below the bridge, it is literally just quickly painted to fill the space in, but there are two directions ti go in. I could leave it as is, ou go back and blackened it fully. Sometimes what you don't do is as important as what you do.

There will be lights, water, and reflections in the foreground, so there is still a long way to go. Oh yeah, about 93 more cables, too...)

I have started a very large (for me) painting, 3'X2' painting of an image taken by Pat Schilling Photography, if I can g...
05/09/2026

I have started a very large (for me) painting, 3'X2' painting of an image taken by Pat Schilling Photography, if I can get close to it, then it would look great over the fireplace.

Ok, there is a lot to say about this image taken by Paul Allen, the more I worked on this, the more I appreciated his ch...
05/03/2026

Ok, there is a lot to say about this image taken by Paul Allen, the more I worked on this, the more I appreciated his choice to take it just a half step to the right of center. It absolutely lends itself to single point perspective, and I am guessing Paul was centering the rail in the image intentionally, which causes the doorways to be slightly different on either side, it is subtle, but your mind perceives it, it almost causes a twisting of the 'frame' of the downtown image.

Good points for vanishing point, similarity and symetry of the bridge that is at the same time showing variance. Great detail considering I am experimenting with my medium a bit, still gaining control over it. I was pretty jazzed to be painting 6 windows in the Deaconess Hospital building, about 9 blocks away, lol.

It's a bit shiny, but I think it came out pretty good. Taken from an image from Pat Schilling Photography, St. John's C...
04/20/2026

It's a bit shiny, but I think it came out pretty good. Taken from an image from Pat Schilling Photography, St. John's Cathederal located at 13th and Grand Blvd. 20X16" acrylic on mounted canvas.

These two yahoos have been seen "photobombing" many of my paintings... 😉
04/16/2026

These two yahoos have been seen "photobombing" many of my paintings... 😉

A little discussion on color matching with acrylics. Naturally, I can not quite mix enough paint to cover a sky properl...
04/09/2026

A little discussion on color matching with acrylics. Naturally, I can not quite mix enough paint to cover a sky properly in one shot, so at some point, I wind up needing to match an already dried acrylic color, mixing wet paint. I did a bit of research, apparently the anticipated darkening of acrylic paints is 15-20%. Now, the rabbit hole.

I am just starting to experiment, I quickly found that looking at the mixed paint was a waste of time, as reflections, etc. made determining the exact color mixed difficult, then it dawned on me to try it the other way around. I took a picture of the dried color on the canvas, opened the picture on my phone and opened the edit function, and adjusted the brightness up 15%, then compared the color on the phone to the mixed paint. It was pretty close, it came out a little brighter than the target color, so I would guess the color shift was actually a little under 15%. Here is the rabbit hole. This is the result of an experiment on one color, would the results be similar in a yellow tone, or red? I don't know. I have devised the very beginning of a possible useful method, but it is basically in it's infancy...

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