Friday, April 11, 2008

Storm Clouds Breaking


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6"x8", oil on archival, linen-mounted board.

This is the representation of the sky outside the front of our place a few days ago in the late afternoon. It's a departure from the more precise style of my still lifes. There is, for me, a constant tension between realism and a loose painterly style. I admire both ways of working and am trying to determine where I fit in. It may all just boil down to liking to do landscapes one way and still life another. And then I spent yesterday painting from a model, which I loved! And that seems to demand yet another approach. Yowser! This painting stuff is harder than it looks :-)

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