Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting by Borbay

Allow me to introduce the Four Winds, Jackson Hole. This 48″X48″, acrylic on canvas neon painting has been dying to meet you.

Would you like to see how this baby came together in one minute?

Four Winds Jackson Hole Photo by Borbay

Here is the source image I used for the painting. Working from a daytime source image is never an issue… it poses the exciting challenge of invention. Sorry trees… I wasn’t feeling you for this one.

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

A giant blank slate, ready for action.

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

Banging out the two major forms, and slamming down an orange/red underpainting.

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

There is my sweet, sweet Vega… feeling the heat.

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

Banging in the shadows, some wood trim and the blue sky gradient. I wanted this to be a dark, mysterious painting.

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

Hitting the letters… doesn’t that blue on red reverberate?

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

Now things are coming together… Dude and Indy are enjoying the process.

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

Once the underpainting has vanished, it’s time to make the glow happen. I began with the 4 winds…

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

Ah, with the Motel neon and letter gradient beneath… things are beginning to pop. Now it’s time to radiate those lights.

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting Process by Borbay

Pure cadmium red was proved the architect of reflection…. now, it’s about detailing the wood.

Four Winds Jackson Hole Neon Sign Painting by Borbay

And a few heavy sessions later, we have The Four Winds, Jackson Hole… my latest neon painting. Here’s looking forward to what glows next.

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