The Memory of Trees...
The Grove(8x10, oil, $SOLD!)
I started this painting, from a picture we took out West, with brushes, and found myself diving back into "illustrator" mode-define,define,pick,pick, do every blade of grass...arrgh! So it was time for Behavior Modification-I "sentenced" myself to dropping the brush, and using a palette knife to paint with. These are triangular(some are)trowel-shaped tools that have a handle and are good for cleaning up your palette-scraping old paint off it-hence "palette knife". However, most artists use them for actually painting with-it makes you think in broad terms when painting so you scoop up some paint and literally smear it onto the canvas. It forces you to make accidents with paint, work for you. And then you can use it to mix and burnish down colors, and spread them around. The thing is you get this great texture as you pile up colors. That happened here, and the magic happened...I stepped back...and I said "yes!". Moments we live for.
posted by Bob Eggleton (Zillabob) | 1:07 PM
4 Comments:
This is very nice. How large is it, by the way? It's hard to tell when you're seeing a photo on a computer screen.
Thanks Leslee! This one is 8x10 inches. One of my very favorite pieces thus far. This is a real exploration for me.
Oh, duh, it says right above the photo (or was that added?). Anyway, i love the texture in it. It has a very dreamy quality to it without the sharpness.
There will be more like it...this was a real corner-turner here.
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