The Marketplace (aka The Memory of Earth) (Colossal Card)

Note from Keith:  This was an interesting picture of lay out.  The tarps were used as a compositional element to draw the viewer’s eye down into the scene.  This actually had the potential of being a very busy street scene.  With the use of shadow and tarps, however, the viewer’s eye is taken right where I wanted it to go; to the subject under the arch.

While this painting was done for the cover of Orson Scott Cards novel, The Memory of Earth – Keith named this paiting “The Marketplace”.