Today I started work on a landscape that I have been commissioned to do. The place is an island in Northern Canada, and specifically a particular rock and tree on that island, that has deep meaning to an individual that I know. The plaques visable on the rock are tributes to this person's grandparents, whose ashes were scattered there. I love the wildness of the place, especially the way the trees grow; they are so windblown but somehow resilient enough to cling to the rocks and root themselves in this unforgiving environment.
I only blocked in the painting and worked a few hours on it today, but I had forgotten how much I like the result when I do an underpainting in complementary colors. I think the key here will be to give an impression of the wildness of the environment, without overworking it. We'll see how it ends up! I plan to finish it this week.
4 comments:
I like this one as it is, I love the abstractness, but you can still see what the subject is, if it were mine, I would show the people you are painting it for and see how they feel. Or keep this one and make a more "finished" one for them. Lori
Wow, this is really nice! I wouldn't touch it again... it's fabulous exactly how it is! Love it love it love it!
Helen
This is beautiful, Rhonda.
Are you working on a toned paper? I love the colors coming through - it gives the painting a nice shimmer effect.
Funny, these trees remind me of where we vacation in Nova Scotia. Huge red cliffs with birch and pine just clinging to them. Beautiful!
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