Oil on Canvas Board, 8x10
This painting, small and simple as it is, was one that went through several phases of seriously ugly. It wasn't until I thought it was so hopeless that nothing I could do would make it worse that it finally came together. The final touch was to take a discarded toothbrush and splatter reds and browns across all of it. I like the interesting fiber-like bits of paint that resulted.
A couple of weeks ago Chris Beck and Faye Christian Phillips both very sweetly tagged me with awards. I've been terribly slow about passing those awards along. I think I will nominate someone new with each post rather than put them all together, and for this post I want to introduce someone fairly new to blogging (although not to painting!), giving Susan Finch the Passion for Painting award. Her work is incredible, my favorites are her Kimono clad women and her Koi paintings. Be sure to check her out!
As always, here are the "rules" for the award; no pressure to participate unless you want to.
1. Post the logo on your blog
2. Nominate at least 7 blogs that show great gratitude and/or attitude
3. List and link your nominator in your post
4. List and link your nominees in your post, and let them know they're recipients
3 comments:
Wonderful pear. I like the rich, dark colors and how the fruit almost blends with the background.
Thanks, Seth! As is so often the case, the photo isn't as accurate as I would like - the pear is a bit brighter. But blending the right side of the pear into the background was one of my objectives, so I'm glad to hear that it works!
The painting has worked beautifully and I know so well that feeling of 'this isn't working'. Thanks for the tip with the toothbrush. r
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