Sunday, June 24, 2012

Quiet Time (Work in Progress)

Painted Saturday, from imagination and sketches from life.

I've stopped here, for now.  I may make some changes, but I'm going to wait on this one and see what I think in a few weeks.

Oil on canvas, 16" x 16".  Work in progress.

NATURE WATCH:


We play tourist at the Oasis.

22 comments:

  1. Lovely work in progress Jean. Beautiful relief.I wonder for the finishing work.
    Lovely greet and a nice day

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  2. Thank you, Marja. Greetings and a nice day, to you too. Glad you're back.

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  3. I really like the simplicity of this...as is!!! Very dreamy...

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  4. She is so pretty. What a lovely face.

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  5. Even though it's a nude, this immediately made me think of church.

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  6. There is something special when figurative images come from the head. The images of so many poses, and knowing nothing was missed.

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  7. Thank you, Chieftess and Margaret.

    I am liking this, too, which is why I am staying away from it for a while. I can come back to it with a fresh eye.

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  8. AH, bizarre but yes, I get that feeling too. It feels dark and somber and contemplative.

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  9. Anthony, yes, it's different when you don't have a model in front of you and you don't have a photograph to refer to. Probably the synthesis is more like what painters did before cameras.

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  10. Wonderful mood and texture, and as mentioned above - love the simplicity.

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  11. This composition is quite abstract for you. I like it--but then I like all your work.

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  12. To my eye that blue is special--very dignified, yet rich. I saw formality, but I didn't see church before AH's comment,. Now I do, and I like that feature.

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  13. Thanks, Linda, Banjo and Laura.

    The colors are beautiful and dark, in person. I'm clueless as to how to get a better photograph of the painting.

    Still keeping my hands off of it, for now.

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  14. I find both, Seated Brown;Reclining Grey and Seated Woman, excellent pieces of work.
    The stronger directional slant of SB/RG gives it a power of action,
    and the rich paint and chiaroscuro lighting provides the power to SW.
    YOU must be very pleased with both of them. They are both a pleasure to explore.

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  15. this one is really beautiful. Don't change a thing (also do what you want - it's your painting)

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  16. Thank you, Julie. It's exciting to take sketches and transform them into something else.

    Thanks, thanks, and thanks, PA. And I will. But so far, I haven't touched it.

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  17. It looks perfect as is so it'll be interesting to see what changes you make, if any.

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  18. Me, too. So far, I haven't touched anything.

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  19. Magníficos colores, una obra con mucha fuerza. Hay un aire de soledad aquí.
    Felicitaciones y bienvenida a mi blog.

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  20. Thank you, Ruben, and welcome to you too.

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