Title: “Pinecone”
Dimensions: 8″x10″
Medium: “Oil”
You can always here the breeze swishing through the pine trees. It’s a gentle sound - relaxing like waves. I loved the way this pinecone cast it’s shadow. It made for a very interesting shape to paint.
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Title: Exotic Beauty
Dimensions: 6″x6″
Medium: Oil
This flower captured my attention with the way it’s petals moved gracefully downward giving full attention to the crown.
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Title: “Tate Modern”
Dimensions: 6″x6″
Medium: Oil
We went to the Tate Modern three times when in London. It wasn’t to far from the hotel and our third visit was to get some things from the gift shop before we went home.
The Tate Modern has some spectacular art. We saw the Carsten Holler exhibit, called “Test Site”, where people get into covered slides made of steel and they twist and turn their way down to the ground floor. More on that later!
The museum was converted from an old power plant. It was landscaped with manicured grass and masses of birch trees growing in large rectangles. The shapes seemed to guide patrons to the door and provided a sculptural feel before you even stepped foot inside.
I like this simple image of the building structure when approaching it. The sky was extremely clear. You could see the deep blue atmosphere fade to light as it approached the horizon. The smoke stack and side walls leaned in from the edges magnified the height and perspective of this massive building. This painting reminds us of those wonderful birch trees in the foreground. I also enjoyed what looked like an addition of contemporary glass offices on the top level, and I chuckle at the mass commercialism of the web site address clearly marked on the outside - WWW.TATE.ORG.UK.
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Title: “Venus De Milo”
Dimensions: 6″x6″
Medium: Oil
When in Paris, we visited as many museums as we could. We purchased a museum pass that was good for several days. The Louvre was overwhelming. You could literally spend weeks there exploring art and still not see everything. Like many who visit, we made sure we hit the highlights - The Mona Lisa and the Venus De Milo, then wandered around looking at whatever else we could soak in.
When entering the room where Venus is, you get a sensation of quiet excitement. It is crowded with people, like a flock of birds who found their nesting site. Lively exchanges in unfamiliar languages form a hum blending with clacking and snapping of camera shutters, capturing unnatural poses of the moment they came for. It was a long journey from their homeland to Paris, through galleries and hallways of the Louvre to their intended destination for the purpose of being in the presence of her. Aphrodite - the Greek goddess of love, lust and beauty. A marble sculpture said to be created about 130 BC, unearthed in 1820 and recognized by a French navel officer as a significant sculpture. It was quickly purchased by the French and moved to the Louvre. She is quite beautiful.
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I thought I would write today to show you what I am working on. I’ve created a new category called “Work in Process” or WIP for short.
I saw many empty days in my blog and it looks as if I’m not painting every day. I assure you that I do paint most days, (unless I’m away from home) but usually I cannot finish a painting - even a small one 6″x6″ in one day or even two days at times. If its a scene that requires some likeness that is recognizable or anything with a person or face there are usually 6 - 9 hours in the painting and then another hour to take photos, proof and post it on the web. If it sells there is another block of time to prepare for shipment and then ship it. On occcasion, I remind myself that it’s about the creative process and enjoying what I am doing - recognition will follow if I persevere.
This is a painting from the world famous Musee Du Louvre in Paris. Hopefully you can start to recognize it. It’s probably one of the most famous sculptures in the world - the Venus De Milo. At this stage you can see the under painting and some detail added to the face. It looks like she has 3 breasts, but that is actually an arm on her right side. That will become more apparent as I crisp the edges and add more information, and of course the breast will start to look more like a breast too (ha ha).
Viewing the Venus De Milo was pretty incredible. The room was packed with people, and the noise of quiet excitement. More about this later.
Look for this completed piece in a couple of days.
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Title: “Bargain Book Browsing”
Dimensions: 6″x6″
Medium: Oil
Location: London, England - River Thames - Waterloo Bridge
As you may have guessed we did quite a bit of walking around on our trip. It is pure pleasure when we stumble upon something that takes us by surprise. I suppose anywhere you live, your surroundings become commonplace and things are often overlooked or taken for granted. For my eyes, almost everything was new, fresh and interesting.
On our way to the Tate Modern we walked along the Thames and under several Bridges. Under the Waterloo Bridge there was a makeshift open air used bookstore of sorts. As you can see the brisk weather did not stop them from setting up or people from browsing. I loved this little spot - the way the light was coming in under the bridge, showing off the page ends of each book and peoples faces. The area seemed to be teaming with creative sorts. Adjacent was a little coffe shop/cafe called the Film Cafe’ and nearby was the National Film Theater which always had something going on.
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