Ascending, 40 x 30 inches, oil on linen
Done with Notre Dame! And done with all the paintings for the City show! Almost done with framing! Whew, what a lot of work.
I have a total of twenty five paintings. I think I did 30+, and rejected several. My original goal was to do 45 and select 25 from them, so I didn't quite do that many but I'm satisfied. In the last seven years or so I've only done a few city paintings so this was like a whole new thing for me, (even though prior to that I painted cityscapes exclusively) and it took some learning and relearning to get up to speed. Along the way much evoloved as new and old ideas tried to assert themselves and I had a pretty tough time maintaining consistency. The earlier ones were more tonal and traditional looking, and the middle bunch saw some higher keyed, natural light depictions, followed by some soft brush /sharp edge stuff, and then finally they started to meld together.
It's fascinating to retrace my footsteps and see the evolution. I can't wait to see the paintings installed and properly lit at the gallery!
I have a total of twenty five paintings. I think I did 30+, and rejected several. My original goal was to do 45 and select 25 from them, so I didn't quite do that many but I'm satisfied. In the last seven years or so I've only done a few city paintings so this was like a whole new thing for me, (even though prior to that I painted cityscapes exclusively) and it took some learning and relearning to get up to speed. Along the way much evoloved as new and old ideas tried to assert themselves and I had a pretty tough time maintaining consistency. The earlier ones were more tonal and traditional looking, and the middle bunch saw some higher keyed, natural light depictions, followed by some soft brush /sharp edge stuff, and then finally they started to meld together.
It's fascinating to retrace my footsteps and see the evolution. I can't wait to see the paintings installed and properly lit at the gallery!
6 comments:
Way to go Terry.
If you have the chance, I hope to see photos of the installation.
Great painting! I love your work.
It is nice to see the painting done. It looks beautiful. After following the process it is nice to see how you got every thing in place. I wish you good sells in your show. Dont sell them cheep, they are like little jewels
Wow - this painting is fantastic. Best of luck with the show - the paintings you've posted are beautiful and I wish I could see them all in person!
Thank you everyone! I appreciate your support and enthusiasm!!
would love to see them hanging all together. maybe post a few piccys of the show for fellow bloggers who cant make it in person?
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