I was tired of looking at my lame mother's day post. I'm sorry. It was ranty, boastful, crap. I wanted to post something funny. I didn't. I couldn't upload the cartoon I wanted. My intended post morphed into unintended ranty crap. Sorry. Anyway.
I found a painting not previously posted. This was painted on location in the woods near my house. It was about 90 degrees that day but cooler in the shade. I armed myself with bug spray and painted for a couple of hours in the woods. This is my preferred method for painting landscapes. Sometimes circumstances prevent the purist plein air.
I gave this to my brother and his wife for a wedding present. I did have a giclee print made. These are wonderful records. I can sell the giclees at a lower price and I can "eat my cake and have it too." I will have a wonderful copy of my painting.
By the way, click on this image. You will see the actual brush strokes. I hope you find them more satisfying than my poor excuse for cropping this image. (Great taste, less filling!)
17 comments:
Love this painting!
Hey it's your blog, you can ramble, rant or whatever you feel like doing at the moment!! No need for apology:)
What you call "rant" I call "journal," and I journal a lot,LOL.
There was nothing wrong with your Mother's Day post sis. Blogs are for expressing yourself!
Jeannette and Shazza,
Thanks. When I re-read it I didn't like it. It seems that I started with one thought, I was looking for an appropriate cartoon/illustration on the internets (which took so much time I consumed at least two glasses of wine...) Needless to say, I did not recognize the post I published.
I should be one of those persons who writes things out ahead of time! Nah.
Wonderful painting, such great colors. I missed your mothers day post but went back and read it. Don't apologize, it was great.
Just another thought - when I look at this painting I can actually see the sun peaking through the leaves and feel a nice soft breeze blowing.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...I'm feeling very relaxed.
Thanks sis!
Thanks Barbara. This was a great painting to revisit!
Shazza, Thanks again. There are some things you can capture on location more effectively than from a photo.
I can feel the heat shimmering in that painting.
Maria,
It was in the nineties that day. It was a bit cooler in the woods.
Kat,
A giclee is basically a print. They use a special printer to get the colours right. They are an inexpensive reproduction. If you want one, let me know, I'll send one to you. They normally cost $30-40.00 (unframed). I can get them printed on paper or canvas. The gallery used to charge about $125.00 for one of these prints.
Gday Neetzy.
My first time here, Love your paintingand all the natural colours are beautiful.
Iii went back read your Mothers day blog . You can rant and rave as much as you like its your blog.. have a great day I'll be back.
I love this painting too! I think to myself - this is where I'd like to be right now - when I study it. I ENJOY reading your blog posts. Keep it up and say whatever you want.
Jeanette,
Thanks so much for visiting! I am in the process of posting all my paintings. Some I like and some I don't. I do like getting feedback! I'd appreciate yours.
BTW I go on occasional rants... When I start I find that I cannot stop. If you find me ranting, I hope I don't offend you. I am a bit opinionated.
Kat,
I'll check you out. I lost you on Facebook somehow. I tried to send you a tag and found you were no longer on my friend list. I didn't delete you (at least not on purpose).
Janelle,
Thanks. It reminds me that I must get out and do more plein air paintings. There is something about painting on location that you can not reproduce in the studio. I pushed a wheelbarrow with all my supplies out to this spot. (I think I might invest in a golf cart). It's not the walking, it's the hauling that gets to me.
You know how much I'm going to love this painting, Neetzy, so I won't ramble on and on about it like I sometimes do.
"Wow" will have to suffice, today.
And your Mothers' Day post was excellent! You've produced a pair of hugely talented and artistic (and cool) daughters and they are really lucky to have you as their mom.
Dive,
I missed you! I'm glad your back. You are a wonderful tonic for my low self-esteem.
Love the Painting, Neetz, I can look at it every day and it reaches me on on many different levels.
Thanks Tom,
I'm glad you like it and I'm glad I have a picture of it. It is one of my faves.
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