DEVIL'S ASHTRAY !

20 x 26" on canvas, which I don't use anymore (I only paint on masonite panels). This is an old one (1992?) This was on display when I had first moved to Saratoga Springs and did not know many people there. I had an exhibit in the coffee shop of the local library. Sold it a few years later. (Back then I used to make a HUGE PAINTING MISTAKE; I thought that adding white makes things brighter/lighter. Adding white thins the pigment quality --making everything seem "gray/hazey"...not BRIGHTER! )
At the time, I had thought "OK, this is the best on I've ever done!" . EMERGING ARTIST LESSON # 9: No matter how good you think you are--you can be BETTER! Also do not add WHITE to your colors!