Sometimes the hardest part of a painting is it's name. In this case, I really don't know what it is and so it makes it harder to come up with a title. I know that's stupid, but it is what it is. I chose to paint this scene because of the strong values I found in my old photo source. It had such an interesting design pattern. I really liked the old peeling paint on the device in the foreground. The challenge was to come up with a textural feeling that was believable. I used a little salt, sprayed some paint over patterns for the background, and used paints that leave a good granulation like Lunar Earth by Daniel Smith. The one disappointment was that I did not use Arches Rough, because it really helps when trying to paint lots of texture into a painting like this one. That said, I'm happy with the result. If anyone has an idea of what the machinery is I'd like to know.
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