The windows in the glass-fronted home where we're vacationing framed the scene, making it way more interesting to my eye than the unobstructed view outdoors from the deck. Go figure.
I used gessobord again but the surface was different from the panels I've used the past three days. It had a matte rather than gloss surface and my paints felt more like poster paints than artist quality acrylics.
I had to figure out how to represent the walls and window frames that appeared black to my eye as I watched the sun rise, even though they are in fact white. I decided to mix Hooker Green and Payne's Gray. I wonder what effect going lighter would yield.
I've now perched my painting on one of the window frames it depicts, with the same geography behind it, although it's a day later, midafternoon, and raining as I write. Nonetheless, the picture within the picture tickles my fancy!
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| Jonesport Geometry 5x7", acrylic on gessobord seascape 2015 |
2 comments:
Looking at this piece I feel as if I went there with you ... very evocative!
Thanks for your comment. This was a tricky scene to paint with the interior darkness and outdoor brightness, but looking at it takes me right back to that morning in Maine. I might paint a new version, perhaps on canvas.
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