Saturday, April 18, 2009

can you guess what it is???


Yesterday I finally got to paint this area that I pass by daily but haven't found the time to stop and paint. My primary concern was to create a simple simple composition/design with my subject matter. But now I'm wondering if the simplicity made it too abstract. If so, I probably should consider painting in a more highly realistic manner and minimalize my loosy-goosy style. So, can you tell what it is I painted???
6"x8" oil on linen mounted on 6 ply archival museum board

9 comments:

http://www.onpainting.wordpress.com said...

Well to me it looks like rocks in water. Did I win anything?

susan hong-sammons said...

oh good, yes, you did guess correctly. You win,... the right to be right!

Karen said...

Ha! I want to win too!
No way, not too abstract. I think this is a fantastically beautiful painting...serene, leads me in...I don't even need 'the rest' (the bank of the river, etc.) of it. It's enough.

susan hong-sammons said...

Hi Karen,
Oh good, so relieved. What inspired me is all those wonderful plein air watercolors of Sargent's. Somehow he make the ever so ordinary worth a second glance. Hopefully I'll be examining more compositions along this line.

Kathleen Krucoff said...

Hi Susan,

Well when I read the comments, I too had guess correctly...although I didn't feel it was too hard. I think this painting is really beautiful. I wouldn't change a thing.

susan hong-sammons said...

Thank you Kathleen.

Chocolate and Steel said...

I'm so happy to have visited your blog. Your paintings are wonderful. This one I especially enjoy. I thought it was rocks and possibly a turtle in a river. I love the colors in this piece too. I'm amazed at your talent.

Deborah Younglao, Silk Painter said...

I read rocks and water, some trees in the misty background, right away. I think any further detail would detract from its beauty.

Jala Pfaff said...

I don't even care what it is, I love it!!! I think this might be my favorite of all time of yours. !!