Thursday, October 21, 2010

STRIPPING NATURE



The weather on our last day of the 4-day workshop with Jon Imber was not condusive to be outside painting.  Instead our subject was a floral arrangement brought by my friend, workshop attendee and fiber artist Merill Comeau.  This painting is a new direction for me, trying to strip away the non-essentials, be less detail oriented yet compose a compelling painting.  For some time I have only been using palette knife when working with oil paints.  Jon encouraged me to utilize the brush more.  I think he is getting me back on track and in a direction I want to go.

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