I don't paint landscapes or portraits simply because I can't. Oh, I might be able to if I took a class or studied this art, applied myself, practised! That is how I learned to weld. 2,000 hours and anybody can do it. I don't want to paint that way with little details to drive me mad.
But I like to paint. I like the clash of colors, effects of shadows. I like the discovery to painting.
But I like to paint. I like the clash of colors, effects of shadows. I like the discovery to painting.
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| This is the image, a photograph of a morning sunrise over Puget Sound. |
To me, it is not like a camera with its image being developed. It is a birth process and I don't know what it will be.
The photo on the right somehow got embossed into my brain. This beautiful scene is where I enjoyed my morning coffee on my visit to my cousin in Washington.
Blue and purple, yellow and orange, reds, all reflected into the water. Pretty amazing.
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So I began with this! |
Somehow these effects, the colors, depth, shadows, expanse, textures, the combination of it all stays with you.
Remember I have lots of oil paint and over 200 brushes from a garage sale? Well I got them out and these were my first experiments with oil paint.
I would never have believed a sky could look like this if I hadn't seen it myself!
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| Just Playing with Paint |
...And then I started playing! I have one more to show you but somehow these images are screwed up and I have lost the ability to control their size or where they appear! So, maybe tomorrow?
