Rumbling....
Eruption(9x12, oil, SOLD!)
I love those Hudson River guys. They did imaginative, romantic landscapes. So this is another such imaginative volcano. Somehow they always look better when you paint them how they SHOULD look. I did once fly over a volcano in HAwaii in a helicopter and, it was fairly impressive-just a seething, steaming area of the planet that was renewing itself. Little paintings like these serve to make me want to do larger versions of same. I'm doing a large private commission with a volcano in it, so I'm looking forward to that. I did this in about, I'd say 90 minutes. I usually try to keep these paintings under an hour but this one got the better of me, so what can I say?
I love those Hudson River guys. They did imaginative, romantic landscapes. So this is another such imaginative volcano. Somehow they always look better when you paint them how they SHOULD look. I did once fly over a volcano in HAwaii in a helicopter and, it was fairly impressive-just a seething, steaming area of the planet that was renewing itself. Little paintings like these serve to make me want to do larger versions of same. I'm doing a large private commission with a volcano in it, so I'm looking forward to that. I did this in about, I'd say 90 minutes. I usually try to keep these paintings under an hour but this one got the better of me, so what can I say?
posted by Bob Eggleton (Zillabob) | 12:18 AM
2 Comments:
It looks great. I particularly like how lush the green looks.
I often wonder if real volcanoes are less impressive if only because they get in their own way. All that smoke.
Thanks Tessa! It's freezing on this side of the world, so fiery pix are warming. Yes,I have always liked "movie volcanoes" and kind of romantic visions. Though I do have some impressive pictures of volcanoes, and having flown into the heart of one...I would not dare tell it it was "un-impressive" to it's face. Or vent, as it were!
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