Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Persimmons


Persimmons
5x7"
Oil
$70
DPW $50

     I love the genre I call "Small scenes of nature," so I go out into the orchards and climb trees or stop alongside the groves as I travel in order to photograph the beauty. So often nature provides just the color scheme you need as well as the composition. Here we have red and green. What could be better? Of course, there should also be some controlling idea for the painting, the "big idea." Sometimes the idea is not so "big." Here it simply is the light on the main persimmon and the smallest leaf casting a little shadow. Very little "big idea" but very necessary.







2 comments:

  1. Lovely painting! Great colours and brushstrokes!

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    1. Hello, Helen. Thank you very much for your kind comment.

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