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| Refreshing |
Here is the result of a morning's correction of a painting I started a week ago. From the beginning, it went completely wrong. I wiped out the whole painting, and started over with a different composition, deferent, palette, and a whole new attitude. I call that "Refreshing!"
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| Invitation Window 1 |
I have been inspired to do my own renderings of stained glass windows. I had planned to use them as the foundation for a series of downloadable files for print for greeting cards. I have received so much encouragement , that I will be offering the framed original paintings through Georgia Nick Gallery (GNG) in St. Augustine.
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| Coming In |
I have been going through boxes of paintings that needed something, and I found this one. I have retouched the color and values, made the image more crisp, and refined the context. The "new" painting accomplishes all that I wanted to gain originally. I have removed the horizon and any reference to the waves, and I have reduced the foreground to a few streaks of foam. The palette is limited to blue, white, and black with various combinations. A few touches of lavender, pink and green were added to the foam for structure. Once again, I changed its name - I now catalog it as "Coming In."
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| Coming Through the Fog 2 |
The original painting was done to examine a "green" landscape by replacing most of the green with purple and blue. The painting had little appeal, and the composition had no true focal area or eye-path. These are my main goals in reworking the painting.
For the rework, I used lighter, more "natural" colors and higher key to suppress details. I used soft edges and larger shapes to draw interest in the treetops in the foreground, and to create paths for the eye to travel through the painting. I wanted to add a little tension with the branches hanging without detailed support, and I repeated that theme in the background to add continuity.
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Below is the original painting as it was before I started the rework.
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| Palm Bay |
I did this painting to express the sense of stillness and calm that surrounds the slow moving stream as it enters the salt marsh. On the banks of the stream at the edge of the deep oak forest, the palm trees grow tall and straight. It is as if these palms guard the entrance to the higher ground, and in the heat of the day, they appear to stand all that much taller. As the clouds begin to form in the early afternoon, they diffuse the light and cast passing shadows over the marsh.
I updated and revised this painting - lightened some of the deeper areas, added some purple, and added blue tints to the distance. The essence of the painting is the same. I was also able to take a better photo.
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| First Visitors |
The rain has passed, and the sun is coming up painting the sky and water with vivid colors. The first visitors on the beach are rewarded with a special display of color and the pristine surface of the sand. Even the seagulls are content to wait and enjoy the beauty of the dawn.
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| Hummer Resting |
This Hummingbird was painted in response to a request from a friend. After I've looked at it for a while, I plan to add a Bible verse in the lower right quadrant.
Waiting Oil on Canvas, 16x20 This painting is a view of Jax Beach at mid-day. The tide is low and the long, flat beach is being washed gent...
