Cloud Patches

"Cloud Patches" 9x12 pastel on UArt

I've been cleaning our the mess in my garage studio, and found this painting in a stack of rejects! It had promise, so I took this old painting that failed, reworked it and basically started over. I think I'm getting the "cloud thing" going again.

My plan was to create a "path" with the clouds that would keep the eye in the painting and use the foreground marsh to direct the eye to the center of attention - lower left - where the brightest, most intense color is next to the darkest value in the painting.

Painting was revised and updated 5/7/21. Added more value and color separation.

Silver Water Marsh

Pastel on UArt 400

In the early morning before the wind comes up across the marsh, the water reflects the sky giving it a slivery sheen.  The broken, puffy clouds are the remnants of the morning fog, and hold the deep blue of the sky at bay for a few more minutes.  I wanted to capture that sense of stillness and silvery light by using cool greens and blues augmented with dashes of purple, red, and pink.  In order to keep the sense of stillness, I deliberately reduced the details in order to emphasize form and color.

Marsh Between the Dunes

Watercolor & Ink, 4x6

At Anastasia St. Park, a wide marsh sits between the old set of dunes and the new dunes on the beach.  This painting is a view across the marsh to the beach dunes at mid-day. The sun is almost directly overhead, and the few shadows are small and deep blue/purple.
This painting is a study for working out the composition, values, and colors for a larger painting.
This painting is available on EBAY starting 3/9/2016. Click here for EBAY.