Landscape Study #21 2008
Posted By Carrie L. Lewis on August 16, 2008
Landscape Study #21 2008, completed August 15, 2008.
This is one of those delightful paintings that just about paints itself. Simple lines, strong shadows, great color.
I think my biggest contribution to this painting was that I didn’t spend too much time tweaking and adjusting. I love to tweak and adjust, after all, and I just didn’t have the time to do that with this one.
This is a gallery painting. That means it was completed entirely at the gallery and in little bits of time snatched here and there throughout the week. It was finished on Friday in about two minutes because that’s all the time I had!
And all I was able to do in that amount of time was add the brightest yellows around the center of interest where the sunny side of the middle hill intersects the shady side of the foreground hill.
Now that I think about it, I don’t think I had time to clean my brush before our special guest artist, Ralph Roybal, arrived to set up his one-day exhibit of bronze sculptures. What a great excuse not to paint!
As I mentioned yesterday, I have really discovered a rhythm to painting like this and being able to finish something every day has also been a huge boost to the artistic morale. I may just try to keep it up for as long as possible.
Landscape Study #21 2008
3-1/2 x 2-1/2
Original Oil on gessoed archival mat board
$25 unframed plus shipping
I am a self-taught artist for the most part. Lots of trial and error in the past forty years! Formal art training consists of a couple of years of high school art, a painting class at a community college, one semester in the Fine Arts program at Abilene Christian University and a couple of local workshops.
I am always looking for ways to better my artistic skills, so I am a permanent student in the School of Trial and Error. I love reading and have been known to spend hours online researching materials and techniques. As a result, I've painted in several different styles, including the direct method (which goes straight for the color) and Classical methods (which involves underpaintings, layering and glazing).
I have exhibited paintings in locations such as Lone Star Park Race Track, Grand Prairie, Texas and Remington Park Race Track, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since the early 90s, I've worked with the Michigan Harness Horseman's Association, donating custom portraits to their annual benefit auction.
In the course of maintaining a growing art business, I have taught myself web design (a skill that will no doubt prove to be a continual learning experience).
I also enjoy puttering around the yard, chasing trains with my husband, Neal, travel and, of course, looking at horses whenever they appear on my horizon.
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