These trees look like they're reaching toward each other, don't they? I couldn't resist the sunlight coming through fog, silhouetting these three shadowy forms. Why are they reaching? I'm not exactly sure of the answers but I like to think about the possibilities.
My style is more impressionistic in this piece. I feel a freshness and an energy in the painting that I always try to capture. It eludes me more often than I like, but in this piece I caught it by the tail!
The top painting is the final version and the bottom piece is a palette knife study that helped me prepare.
2 comments:
I really think this is some of the loveliest lighting you've created in a painting. I think the soft, impressionistic style and color palette really lended itself to the awesome light.
Very impressive! I guess for the sake of critique, I would maybe suggest next trying to duplicate this very real/true quality of light but in a less impressionistic, more solid style next? Just my attempt to make a constructive comment.
Happy painting :)
Cheers,
Kate
Thanks Kate! I love the impressionistic look-- I think I'm headed more in that direction. :-)
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