Orchard Hills Park
6 x 8
Oil on Panel
Since summer vacation started I've gone out to the local parks to do some Plein Air painting. Each time out has been totally wonderful. I try to arrive around 7:30 or so and spend a few hours painting. Last time I painted two panels, with this one being the better of the two.
Last year I painted this:
I liked it for a while. Then I didn't. The composition really started bugging me. I loved the colors, the brushwork, but otherwise...blech. So I decided to do a paint over the other day. I zoomed in on the Orchard Hills painting.
Orchard Hills
Oil on Canvas
24 x 24
Now this, I really LOVE. Loosening up is soooo good.
Some details:
This is color I could just Eat!
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I agree...Yumminess abounds in that painting!
ReplyDeleteYou can make purples, gray-greens,& yellows work...
Keep going.
Keep sharing.
You're inspirational...
I love Orchard Hills, too. I just spent about twenty minutes scrolling up and down--had to place those details in the painting. Each of the details is a little scoop of beauty; especially, the last one.
ReplyDeleteHey DJ, your comments are inspirational! Thank you, I will keep going and sharing.
ReplyDeleteHallie, I like the "scoop of beauty" phrase. It's exciting when you can look at a painting and love the brushwork, textures and color combinations. Sometimes at Art Museums I stare at paintings soaking up those things, often its not the subject matter thats important to me but all the other stuff.
i looooove your pictures!!!
ReplyDeleteyou are an artist!!!
elena from spain
Gracias, Elena from Spain. Me gusta tus pituras tambien! My Spanish is rusty...but I visited your blog and enjoyed looking at your work. What media are you working in?
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