Everything Changes
Why everything changes? Read on, gentle reader, and I will share.
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What’s Changing
As far as I can see, everything is changing! So, I figure I might as well paint paint paint. Here’s the painting. It includes some Black-eyed Susan’s from our front garden.
Those flowers changed every time I looked at them. And, that’s even after storing them in the fridge between painting sessions. Even though I do my best to control the light in my studio, that changed too. And how about that whacky vase! I love it and am grateful to have gotten it from an acquaintance, years ago. Even with all the changes, this painting was lots of fun to paint!
For Sale
This “Everything Changes” painting is 9×12 inches and painted on panel. It’s for sale for $245 (unframed) with free shipping. Click here to make it yours.
Remember to See
If you live in the Raleigh/Durham area, remember to see the Grace Hartigan exhibit at the NCMA before it closes August 10th. Of all her artwork, I loved her screenprints the most. They were small and had a wonderful, experimental feel to them. Check it out if you can.
What’s Changing in Your World
Please share what’s happening in your world, gentle reader. I would love to know. Simply share your news in the comments below.
This painting is luscious, Julie! That teal background color is one of my favorite colors in life and the red bits around the edges add such a great accent in my humble opinion. I wonder what that’s called when there is a seemingly random splash of color on the edges. And why does one do that? It’s so great and a powerful accent to me.
And who doesn’t love Black-eyed Susan’s? These in the painting are particularly fun to me because they have that familiar “face” but look more delicate than I think of them which is a nice detail to stare at and will make me reconsider the ones I see around here.
Wonderful painting!
Hi Beth,
Thank you! That red is actually the imprimatura (first layer) of the painting. In previous years, (read: art school ;-D) we would always use a grey first layer. I confess I love using anything but grey these days. HA! And, I love figuring out ways to show or not show that layer within a painting as it progresses.
I love Black-eyed Susan’s too. These are especially a treasure to me. Why? They are rogue. My neighbor has always had a beautiful group of Black-eyed Susan’s along our shared driveway. In the last several years (during the pandemic maybe? Not sure) I noticed these adventurous blooms had hopped across the driveway and into our yard. Yay!
TY so much for your observations here today! xoxo
Wow. So underneath that teal is that red. Huh. Does that change the color of the teal? It seems to me it would. So much I don’t know about painting. Well, about so many things. Ha. Maybe sometime we could talk about this so I can learn about this imprimatura and its role in a painting. Thanks.
Hi Beth,
Yes (red paint is underneath teal). I have not compared but can assume that the color I used for the “teal” you mention might look a bit different (more brilliant maybe) on a white substrate. That’s about as far as I can conjecture on this subject…truly!!!
Just like writing (your wheelhouse), there’s always nuance and technical knowledge to gain. So no worries about knowing any of this. But – sure – we can talk more in person about this. Especially if we are looking at some of the fab paintings you have on view at your place.xoxo
Love this, Julie!!!!!!
TY so much, Kathy! xoxo