Old Garden Chair
11" x 14" oil on canvas
This painting has been revised - see posting on 2/26/2008 for the final painting.
Hello from snowy and icy and sleety Kansas. So - I'm posting a "wishful thinking" painting of a garden scene! Spring will be here soon - or so they say. I'm not finished with this painting, but I wanted to post something to show that I'm still "alive" and painting and being an artist. Actually - I'm almost done with this one. Part of the process of deciding when you're done is to look at a painting from different views/perspectives. Or at least that's part of my process. When you see something all shrunk down and in a totally different "light" - as in on a computer screen - you pick up things you didn't notice before. I see some things I want to correct - but I'm not telling . . . . . . And - I may just leave this one like it is and make those adjustments in another painting. A huge and so important part of being an artist is to continually learn and improve and push yourself. Yada, yada, yada. But - for me - it's also important to have fun and to not get too bogged down in the "weeds." I'm not a realistic painter - we have cameras for that stuff. I like to have fun, and I think this is a fun painting! Most important - I hope others see something fun in my art.
I'm also proud to share with you that I'm on a Kansas City artists' website - www.artkc.com This site is maintained by Bill and Carol McCall - two very fine artists who create beautiful paintings, and who also share their knowledge with others and are great about promoting local artists. I've been painting with them for several months - I've learned very much about working in oils, and I've met some other great local artists in their painting group. Thanks to both Carol and Bill for their support and acceptance - and for sharing their wealth of painting insights and "tricks."
Isn't life beautiful!! I hope you have a beautiful and not-so-cold evening. If it's cold "outside" - just make it warm and fuzzy "inside." Enjoy!
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