This is a painting I did maybe a year ago, one of those paintings where it suddenly announces, mid brush stroke, that it is done. I especially like that midpoint on the tree where the trunk gets mixed up with the sky. 5x7
I wanted to do a larger version of it and here it is. I like various parts of it but to me they don't work well together. Except for the sky which I like a lot. 9x12
These are three horizontals I did to get the feel of various blues. I've never given blue its due, a few swatches a little water and that would do for a sky. What I particularly liked about the sky behind the tree was the way it granulated, so I decided to try something with a lot of sky.
So here it is so far the sky is ok, and I think I can work with that, well, hill. The painting and the photo I took, do not have that pink, so I am thinking the reason for the off colors is not our photos, it is Blogspot. 9x12
I'm so glad you listened to your painting and stopped—that's not easy, but that painting is beautiful. Those soft, lost edges really make it. The second one has all sharp edges and it doesn't give that same mood (but I do like the sky, too). I applaud your blue period. They all have such different feelings, don't they? And I think you're off to a very interesting start on that last painting. I'm eager to see where it goes from here.
ReplyDeleteThe first painting is lovely. It has a lot of space or air built into it. In contrast the second one feels very solid. The leaves, the trunk, the grass are all very solid, even sections of the sky are solid. The three horizontals again have that very airy feeling of the first painting. The bottom painting is interesting b/c of the diagonal, but it needs more narrative imo. But I like the vertical vs the horizontal brushstrokes.
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