Not really oil painting in Mineral King – oil paintings of Mineral King, painted in Three Rivers.
As a studio artist, I work from my photos. The variations are based on size and shape of painting (square, rectangular, really rectangular – and never horizontal for this scene, although that is an interesting idea). The variations also happen with time of day and time of year and type of snowfall and flow of water AND where I stood to take the photo. Plus, sometimes I juice up the colors a little more than natural. Sometimes I work at tight realism, and other times I try to loosen up. That isn’t natural to me, but is certainly faster.
These all look sort of dark, but I think it was the way I photographed them, not the paintings themselves. 2014 wasn’t a dark year. 2015 was a dark year, but we’ll have to see if that sadness was reflected in my paintings tomorrow.
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I like # 17
Sally, you are in good company with your pick on that one.
Farewell Gap XVII is my favorite in this group! Fall is on its way 🙂 Leah
Leah, that one looked much better in person than the dullish color it appears on screen. Yeppers, fall is here now. Sad and beautiful at the same time. . . I think the word “melancholy” fits.
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