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Oil on 7x5 hardboard.
This was done for Karin Jurick's DSFDF. The photo is a real doozy of a challenge with an overload of detail to deal with and edit.
I wound up handling it as a purely abstract work. Blocks of value to create a pattern, using interesting color along the way. The colors are not an imitation of the ones in the photo...after all, it is a painting.
Hope you like it.
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II CORINTHIANS 5:7 'FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT'
This is going to be my favorite, Deano! Love the cool and warm tones and depth created by your cropping. Great job!
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to paint a street with "love" but somehow you seem to have done it Dean!
ReplyDeleteI do like it. Simplifying or abstracting as you said) objects, whether complicated like this or simpler, make painting simpler. You did it! Our daughter is moving to san fran this weekend, I hope to paint out there sometime!
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful shot and also "wunderschön" painted. It is a kind of impressive work of warm light that Monet would have loved ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes, I liked it definitely! :) It was a real challenge to paint a street and you did it perfectly well!
ReplyDeleteGood job on this challenge, Dean. I like the way you emphasized the warm against those cools and the simplification of the scene.
ReplyDelete"Overload of detail" is a fitting description of this dsfdf photo, so much to see and determine what to leave in and leave out. You've taken a very busy scene and painted a soothing and calm scene. Well done.
ReplyDeleteGreat painting Dean, I love the energy you always get in your works. It is a pleasure to follow this blog.
ReplyDeleteRae
Wow, Dean, one of the best entries in spite of it being a "doozy" of a challenge. Your abstract approach and choice of colors speak volumes for the final painting.
ReplyDeleteI knew yours would be the one to wait for - it's fantastic. Love the way you handled all those elements in this abstract way.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite so far. This is so rich and strong. I get on your blog to comment, and then find myself immersed in all of your beautiful art, even going back and enjoying ones I have already looked at...your work is exceptional!
ReplyDeleteGreat job with the challenge Dean...you simplified perfectly!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great painting. I do admire your talent to simplify yet the viewer doesn't seem to notice anything missing.
ReplyDeleteDean, Your linear perspective is fab...but your painterly approach just makes this piece!!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I found the crow picture...would love to e-mail it to you...send me your address and I'll gladly do it! art4life44@hotmail.com
Saundra
You handled this challenge really well Dean, I would think it could confusing. I should give it a go, haven't done one of her challenges in a while. Always amazed at how small you work most of the time.
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic, Dean! Must admit this assignment scared the bejiggers out of me so I passed on it, but you did an absolutely wonderful job of making sense out of it.
ReplyDeletewow spectacular painting dean
ReplyDeletelove the suggested detail
great overall feel to this
must say those cherries look so tasty
I love your shadows here.
ReplyDeleteExcellent job with the challenge, Dean - wonderful colors and nicely simplified.
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic Dean. I appreciate how you describe your process when you talk about your paintings. I think looking at something like this, so overwhelming with detail, as an abstraction would be really helpful for me too. I didn't get this one in on time, but I think I'll take on the challenge anyway and see where it gets me.
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