Painted early in the morning with a palette knife. I was after capturing the feeling of the hazy light which caused the buildings to filtering in and out of view.
Just discovered your blog from Karen's link to you. So, glad she did that. Your work is wonderful. It has a sophisticated Monet-like feeling. Well done! As one who comes from the desert, it's hard to understand all of that water. However, you communicate the atmosphere elegantly. I did fly over Chicago last year...got a glimpse, but that doesn't really count.
Thanks for checking out my blog and hope you'll continue to do so. I spent this past winter in Phoenix and got to really appreciate the weather and landscape. I was able to get a few small plein air piece made when the spring wild flowers were in bloom- really beautiful.
Painting is a passion similar to someone motivated to throw a perfect fast ball or win a marathon. It takes some natural abilities and a whole lot of work and determination to get it just right.
My inspiration to paint is from the beauty I see in my day to day life. Sometimes that amazing beauty is discovered in a simple bin of onions purchased from a farmers market, or the inspiration is found traveling through the southwest, beachcombing on the Jersey shore, or exploring through Spain. Regardless of where I am, there is always something wonderful to paint. As a result my paintings are mostly created ‘en plein air’meaning, on site and from direct observation, not from a photograph. During very cold winter months I will take my smaller plein air paintings and use several to create a larger piece. The common relationship shared between my plein air and studio paintings is that they were inspired from the simple beauty of our lives.
I feel quite blessed to have a loving family who overlooks my messiness while I am absorbed in a painting and on a quest to make one stunning piece of art.
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Just discovered your blog from Karen's link to you. So, glad she did that. Your work is wonderful. It has a sophisticated Monet-like feeling. Well done!
As one who comes from the desert, it's hard to understand all of that water. However, you communicate the atmosphere elegantly.
I did fly over Chicago last year...got a glimpse, but that doesn't really count.
Thanks for checking out my blog and hope you'll continue to do so. I spent this past winter in Phoenix and got to really appreciate the weather and landscape. I was able to get a few small plein air piece made when the spring wild flowers were in bloom- really beautiful.
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