Painting Process | The Collapse of the Metrodome

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

It’s gotten to the point where the Minnesotans in my life, insist I bring snow to Minneapolis. Now, if you know anything about the climate in Minnesota, this is quite the powerful statement. Well, true to form, we arrived Friday for the Arbit wedding, and no sooner did we put our bags down, did the snow begin to fall.

Sure enough, snow wasn’t the only thing to fall. The Metrodome, weighed down by snow and Brett Favre scandal, collapsed. This incident proved to foreshadow the Viking’s effort against the New York Giants, two days later, in Detroit. Yes, Detroit.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

Getting things started with some collaged photos from The Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and one shot from USA Today.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

Now, with the surface fully collaged, I made the decision to take a different route… something more linear.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

As you can see, I was working on this during different times of the day, so the lighting varied greatly. The painting began with some hand drawn lines in deep burgundy and cadmium red.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

A primary triad of red, yellow, blue has been completed.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

Beginning to explore some more colors, painting in the headlines in the upper left hand quadrant of the canvas in my standard manner.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

Belting out a large “METRODOME” at the top of the picture… striving for balance in chaos.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

Another hand-drawn Dome, bringing the total to five, five Metrodomes, ha,  ha, ha.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

Adding white, making connections between objects to create continuous contour lines.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

Getting close, lots of new colors, several tones of blues added.

Collapse of the Metrodome Borbay Painting

And, my homage to the Collapse of the Metrodome is complete. Since I am getting married in Minnesota, to a Minnesotan, with a family of Minnesota fans, here’s hoping the Vikings don’t get “North Star’d”… if you know what I  mean. This picture joins my growing portfolio of Minny-Apple (yes, I said it) paintings, including The Spoonbridge and Cherry, Minnetonka Flowers, First Avenue and most recently, The Depot.

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