As I slowly begin returning to painting landscapes the question of light arises. For most of my artistic career I have not been that interested in light in paintings, though I enjoy it in the works of other artists. However in landscape painting light is very important, so lately I've been examining the use of light by various landscapes painters, all of whom would be called "realists." What I found in closely studying their paintings is that they are not strict and mathematical, if you will, about where the light hits. In fact in many realist paintings – those of Andrew Wyeth come to mind – the light is very natural looking at a glance, but then upon closer examination is highly invented. I find nothing wrong with artists taking this liberty. The key to light in landscape painting seems to be to make an effort to simply include it in the work, and not obsess over where everything lines up and how it strikes each object in a uniform way... almost like a Bob Ross paintin
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Do you think it would be possible for you to add an enlargement option on your own work? I'd love to be able to get a closer look at this excellent work!
Fr. Glenn Spencer
"The essential thing 'in heaven and in earth' is,
apparently (to repeat it once more), that there
should be long OBEDIENCE in the same direction;
there thereby results, and has always resulted
in the long run, something which has made
life worth living; for instance, virtue, art,
music, dancing, reason, spirituality--anything
whatever that is transfiguring, refined,
foolish, or divine."
--Friedrich Nietszche,
Beyond Good and Evil (1886)
Yes, that is one of my "projects" for this weekend. Keep checking back on my blog. I have also started work on some new cityscapes.
Updating and changing art websites around is really time consuming!
JGA+, SSM
Also, I will post a picture of the "icon guitars" in progress sometime soon. They will be in a show at the "Load of Fun" gallery in Baltimore the second week of October.