Red Canoe, 9 x 12 inches, oil on linenI can't remember if I posted this one before, so here it is.
Because I had more paintings and frames than my new vertical rack can hold, it was time to go through some old work and see which ones should be thrown out. Boy, there were some dogs in the pile. I can't imagine why I kept some of those, unless I thought I could reuse the panels or something.
There were also some nice paintings that I'd forgotten about. Like this one. I remember doing this painting last year - I was set up in a nice comfortable shady grove, and just minding my own business, when this big dog shows up and sits next to me. Didn't seem to be particularly interested in my painting, but he just sat there the whole time. All I had was a cup of coffee and I wasn't going to share that.
When I finished the painting and showed it to him, he looked at it, looked at me, looked at it, looked at me, then left. I wasn't sure what to make of that, but I've had worse responses from people, so what did I care?
Can you believe it's almost May? Where does the time go!?
Because I had more paintings and frames than my new vertical rack can hold, it was time to go through some old work and see which ones should be thrown out. Boy, there were some dogs in the pile. I can't imagine why I kept some of those, unless I thought I could reuse the panels or something.
There were also some nice paintings that I'd forgotten about. Like this one. I remember doing this painting last year - I was set up in a nice comfortable shady grove, and just minding my own business, when this big dog shows up and sits next to me. Didn't seem to be particularly interested in my painting, but he just sat there the whole time. All I had was a cup of coffee and I wasn't going to share that.
When I finished the painting and showed it to him, he looked at it, looked at me, looked at it, looked at me, then left. I wasn't sure what to make of that, but I've had worse responses from people, so what did I care?
Can you believe it's almost May? Where does the time go!?
9 comments:
Very nice Terry. Has a soft and classic look. A timeless piece.
Nice.
It looks like you have put some perspective lines/direction in the grassy foreground, which works really well.
Thanks Darrell! I'll see you in August, eh?
Very nice, I love the temperature shift from front to back and how you suggested the grass without drawing every blade.
Rutger, I think you're right~ though I don't remember what my intent was when I did it. It's off-perspective. Maybe there was a slight incline on the ground plane...
You did very well to capture the shadow without going too dark. These situations are wonderful surprises when the viewer suddenly realizes that they've been placed into shadow, without being put in the dark.
Thanks Jeremy~ The suggestion of grass is a perpetual problem for me. The better I become, the more difficult it becomes. Keeps me tryin though~
Thomas, did you come up with that yourself? that is highly quotable. I am going to steal that, if you don't mind~
ha
i did a double-take and had to re-read my comment.
yea, sure, quote away. ;)
sometimes a person gets lucky with a clever turn of phrase and sometimes the tables turn on a person who tries to turn a phrase and other times... well, i fear this isn't any of those times.
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