oil on canvas panel 6x6 inches
For this painting I cut some creeping fig off a fence in our backyard. The deep reds and blues looked great on the soft green surface, but the green on green proved challenging. I stuck with it and I'm very happy with the result.
You should be happy w/ the results. It's really well done. Great greens on green.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, I just keep looking at it! The berries are yummy-looking and I would say you met the green on green challenge!
ReplyDeleteYour paintings just glow Karen. Beautiful rich colors against the soft green.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you stuck with it, too! It came out beautiful - love the colors!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful
ReplyDeleteA glowing painting...the colors are just right. And your eye just focuses on that front blueberry,then radiates throughout the painting.
ReplyDeletelove this composition. I have a lot to say about that fig ivy (not the painting but the size of the leaves), but I'm going to keep it to myself. The painting is just stunning.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your comments! Suzanne, my creeping fig started out with small leaves, but as it grew (now covering our property line in the back on two sides!) the leaves have gotten even bigger than these I clipped! I'm pretty sure one of these plants could envelope an entire house.
ReplyDeleteYou must be brutal and chop the thing back to tiny leaves. I am a gardener pretending to be a painter. The crazy monster fig ivy will put on fig-shaped fruit. It can and will ruin a good paint job, destroy window frames, work it's way into the attic. It will actually harbor pesky little animals of the rodent variety. Eeeek! You can see why I said what I did about the size of leaves.
ReplyDeleteLet me comment again on the painting, it is just beautiful. Of all the elements, I think it is your clean colors which makes it so lively and glorious.