All 4 of these paintings are very wet so I apologize for the flash in the middle of all of them. Felt like I finally moved off of those 3 or 4 bigger ones that I was constantly working on and refining. Don't know how happy I was finally, but I just had to move on for my own sanity. These next 3 are all Lakes and all at or just after sunset (movie makers refer to this as Magic Hour because of the warm soft light that is everywhere). This one above is Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis and will have some buoys/moorings in a white pattern on the water.
I need to keep my edge. The large clouds/lakes/island one from last blog didn't say as much as I hoped. The first comments I got about it were, "what are you trying to say? it's not very interesting." Maybe that's what I'm heading into at the next residency...
This one should say something. There's going to be a small moon or two at the top. Haven't quite figured that part of it out yet. I like the isolation at the top. So much going on at the bottom and then 1 small thing at the top.
This picture is very dark, but I think it comes closest to Jeffrey's summation of landscape: trying to capture the ethereal atmosphere next to the very rough earth. Have noticed people piling rocks to make little "people sculptures" like the Inuit. This is happening all around the great lakes on hiking paths, etc. they will show up at the bottom of this one.
And finally this one. my interpretation of "Starry Night" by Van Gogh. Don't know if I have a lot to say about this one. It just is. Tried to capture the light, vibrancy, and color of the original while being with my paint stroke.
