I'm going to post at least two paintings a week...minimum. Most will be 5"x 7" to keep things small, but like the first one...they will vary. I'll be including a link to Ebay to bid on these. Any that don't sell will be designated on this blog, and can be purchased for the minimum of $100.00
posted by mick mcginty at 6:49 PM
I've been an artist since age 5, when I remember drawing an airplane better than my older brother. It was a bi-wing with a propeller, (not that I'm that old... it was 1957 and it was a racing plane), and it was encouraging because up until then, it was the only thing I could remember doing better. I kept at it, and now nearly 50 years later I'm still trying to improve my creative process. Now I realize you never get better than anyone else... just more unique to your own style, and become the best painter you can be.
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Beautiful painting. Very relaxing, I could feel the water moving. I could sit and look at this for a very long time.
That water has a Frederic Edwin Church feel
I like this one a lot. I am a sucker for reflections. When you look at the larger image you can see that it is more painterly than I expected. Did you apply the paint thicker than in your ultra real still life's?
James,
I don't think I got the paint any thicker than any of my other paintings. I manage to get enough paint applied so that I tend to push it around until I either have it as opaque as I want, or as thin as I want. I think that is why my work will always have that sketchy look until I can finally add enough paint to give certain elements that sculpted look. I just about got there with the white log...but I spread it out and rendered.
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