Sunday, June 7, 2009

Trees at Night


This is an oil painting on a shellacked hardwood board, about 24"x20." Another Pasadena Old Town scene, this time off a side street, at the side of a parking lot.

I was inspired to paint these trees by a recent post by Vivien Blackburn, at paintings prints and stuff, of trees she had drawn and painted.
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13 comments:

  1. Cafe ObserverJune 7, 2009 at 9:03 PM

    is this still on Tree St. I mean, Green St?
    I like the cave in the lower middle right between the trunks.

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  2. Jean SpitzerJune 7, 2009 at 9:36 PM

    Thanks, CO. (Can't beat astigmatism combined with nearsighted.) This is off of Pasadena Avenue, just south of Colorado Blvd. Same night, same walk. (Now back to the game.)

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  3. Jean SpitzerJune 7, 2009 at 9:46 PM

    I meant, my vision, not yours. Yours appears to be fine.

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  4. AnonymousJune 8, 2009 at 9:20 AM

    Wow. The trees look like bodies, doing a ballet.

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  5. vivienJune 8, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    these are great - trees at night I haven't done (beaches yes, but not trees)

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  6. Caio FernJune 8, 2009 at 7:06 PM

    this is realy good !!! the way you used the colors for contruct the image is very inspiring .wonderful

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  7. AnonymousJune 8, 2009 at 8:10 PM

    The swish of blue at the vanishing point is a nice discovery. Your attention to color and it's placement is strong. I hope you caught one of the art events over the weekend. I'll be posting them this week or next

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  8. ShannaJune 9, 2009 at 2:25 AM

    I really like this one - the perspective and the way you are using color to turn form on the trees.
    I like Vivien's work very much.

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  9. Jean SpitzerJune 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM

    Thanks, all. I'm besotted with trees, and this is the first of my renditions of trees in many years that I think comes close to doing them justice.

    PA, I missed everything this weekend. All I did was paint, garden briefly, go to the PCC swap meet briefly, and catch the last part of the Laker game on TV. So I guess I'll be catching up with the local art world on your posts. Maybe I can pry myself out to some stuff this week.

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  10. caseytoussaintJune 10, 2009 at 8:29 AM

    This is very cool - I love the way you create atmosphere in your paintings. There's a lot going on thee.

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  11. Jean SpitzerJune 10, 2009 at 11:04 AM

    Thanks, Casey.

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  12. Mademoiselle GramophoneJune 29, 2009 at 3:25 PM

    It's nice to finally have some time to stroll through this blog of yours. You have an affinity for the ficus--and they obviously love you, too.

    I'm a fan.

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  13. Jean SpitzerJune 30, 2009 at 10:27 PM

    Thanks, Mademoiselle G.

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