This little painting - about 10 x 24 inches is made of acrylic paint on canvas with gold paint for the water - it shimmers in the light like gold leaf. The process for painting little works like this is with a rubber squeegee that I use to pull the paint across the surface of the painting. I add fine pumice powder to layers of clear medium and in between painted layers so that I can sand the surface of the painting with waterproof sandpaper to maintain a smooth surface. The process is important and meditative.
The process was inspired by doing plaster repairs in an old house. I was using sanding in other works - such as in this video for Twin Cities Public Television