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Do you see the subtle change in my style? I simplified the trees and gave them an element of impressionistic simplicity. This work has a lot of interesting things happening, from reflective light along the wet shore, to the power of wind and an interesting 3 colour background. <br />
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This scene can be traced back to my drive across the North Shore of Lake Superior. First a walk, then a photograph, then a sketch and then a painting in my studio.<br />
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Its fun to take a scene which was relatively flat with medium tonal values, and to give it colour, life and drama. Take a look into the foreground trees to see the variety of colours. The reflections of light and colour into the water give it a lot of beauty.<br />
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<br />Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-46105983967880700282012-10-28T15:48:00.000-07:002012-10-30T10:44:38.952-07:00Surprised by Colour - A Painting from the Kicking Horse Flats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This painting took a while to paint. It began with me painting on location along the Kicking Horse River. There is a playful dynamics of colour in my interpretation of this scene.<br />
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Acrylics<br />
12x14<br />
$400<br />
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<br />Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-87931134688465563962012-10-27T21:29:00.003-07:002012-10-28T15:29:19.916-07:00Abandoned<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This work began with a blank canvas. Nothing more - nothing less. There was no photograph, no sketch, no advance planning.<br />
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I stood in front of the canvas a painted a line and let it unfold from within.<br />
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<br />Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-33833308967119077642012-10-27T21:24:00.000-07:002012-10-28T15:49:23.273-07:00Before the Storm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love metaphorical paintings. This work is representative of the human condition, and we can each find a time when there is a place of peace within ourselves while the storm rages and blows around us.<br />
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The approaching storm can be seen in the sky and trees to the left of the pine tree. The centre of the pine clear, the sky is blue and there is hope.<br />
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This work was painted with three concentric circles in the upper half and there is a big circular path around the rocks. The rocks are aligned like an arrowhead, pointing towards the focal area in the centre of the wind blown pine tree.<br />
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This work began after as sketching trip to the Bowen Farm, north of the lake where I live.<br />
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Acrylics<br />
11x14<br />
$500<br />
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Reveille<br />
The awakening of the soul<br />
An epiphany like the blowing of a trumpet.<br />
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I strived for movement and height and vitality in the forest above the beaver dam.Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-42239988372034674412012-06-16T11:37:00.003-07:002012-06-16T11:37:48.756-07:00Kicking Horse Flats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This work evolved from a plein air study of the Kicking Horse Flats, east of town. It has lots of color and power and movement in the sky and upper mountains.<br />
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Drama above and serenity below.<br />
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This little creek runs behind our mountain home. The reality is.......everything in the stream is a blending of hues between black and white. I painted colour into it. After all, isn't the job of the artist to improve nature?Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-87819210139763666372012-05-03T13:27:00.003-07:002012-05-03T13:29:05.188-07:00Dinner Dance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I sought to capture that rare moment when the osprey rises from the water, with a large, writhing fish in its talons. It flies towards the foreground post where it will have its dinner.<br />
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I finally got around to finishing this work. Funny how it goes. A work often seems to be complete but when it isn't seen for six months, you look at it with new eyes.<br />
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This work, as indicated by title began about a year ago (or maybe more) when Lynda and I took a trip out to a small campground along the Bluewater. I knew when I saw it that a painting was about to happen.<br />
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This work is an interesting mountain scene. I used long vertical brushstrokes to get the feeling of height. See where the rapids race by the bottom of the cliff? I painted the cliff in reddish hues to add vitality to the forest greens. This is a painters trick. Its a back and forth trade off between relatively complimentary colours. This helps build the power of both colours.<br />
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Finally to emphasize the drama of the scene, I painted the sky with parallel movement and drama as you find in the river below. Lots of fun.<br />
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This joyful painting could be from any of a dozen or more Caribbean islands. The evening sun strikes the Mount, and bathes it in golden light and a solitary palm blows in the breezes along the shore.<br />
Its a watercolour and I painted it a couple of years ago. A dear friend suggested that if the viewer looks carefully behind a rock, you might find the lovely head of a little dog looking out at you.<br />
An excellent Canadian artist, who looked at my paintings, said..."Let me tell you what I like about your works....they make me feel happy." That's a comment which "I have heard a few times now.<br />
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This painting is of a local church along the beach where my wife and I hang out. We met some Canadians on the beach and one thing led to another, and before the Canadians flew back home to Thunder Bay, one of them purchased this work - unfinished. (Brave soul that she is).<br />
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I wanted to get the picture 'right', so I worked on the sky. Mamma (my resident art critiquer), and I had a few conversations about where it was heading. So, I suggested that she take it to the beach with her after the prospective purchaser went home, and to discuss it with another friend.<br />
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A couple of American tourists saw my wife and her friend looking at the painting and they were drawn to take a look at it. My wife said that one of them said that she would have bought it on the spot......if it were not for the fact that they had spent all their money on the vacation and were heading home the next day.<br />
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Strange how it goes. Its either feast or famine when you're a painter.Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-59090990073601225992012-02-12T07:10:00.001-08:002012-03-16T06:13:28.960-07:00Free Spirit Barbados 2012<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaX6vSbavsoHNzZrX4KAk-YBNIXBCjaJ72998CFltYWXjoHi97MiE3vt5AQPn3Kt1z3TOCiymUlL63Dpn4Uwe55-40gRxhLdhDsiziBYXoTaxf98BAum6pdZrIfaJ5tcaxlmq0UPVthk8/s1600/free+spirit+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaX6vSbavsoHNzZrX4KAk-YBNIXBCjaJ72998CFltYWXjoHi97MiE3vt5AQPn3Kt1z3TOCiymUlL63Dpn4Uwe55-40gRxhLdhDsiziBYXoTaxf98BAum6pdZrIfaJ5tcaxlmq0UPVthk8/s640/free+spirit+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Free Spirit, exemplifies my style of Caribbean painting. Since most Caribbean islands are small, they are deeply influenced by the sea. Land and sea, interact and this means that people interact with the land and sea. Follow the movement from the sky on the left, into the trees, above the boat, into the shadow on the trunk of the tree on the right, down the trunk to the shade. The big circle, ends with the sea. <br />
I have circled the boat and all the action takes place in the centre. <br />
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What is the little boy doing on top of the boat? Are the men talking as they work or are they talking to the boy? Go ahead, create your own story.<br />
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$900<br />
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This scene was taken from the road which leads from Farley Hill down to Morgan Mills Windmill, and to the Atlantic coast below. I worked on it over the span of two visits to Barbados.<br />
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Its about 30x36 in size and it looks pretty good hanging on the wall behind our sofa.<br />
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$2,000 cdFrederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-73593756053766402322012-01-19T09:57:00.000-08:002012-02-12T07:12:23.128-08:00'Hurry Home Baby' Barbados 2012 no. 1.<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JT5rOnMu8HyHaVucySJaLXzd0pp_eucHqChJzEGMqUgcjqihlGEg0amRtbHfcZqzDf5uSgbnQOFCjzfFOd_x5niS1cdOZ0CQeJuGZSyWKyhoOlp3IVzkAYtycGuh1pMdi0l4nI40ghwP/s1600/jan+28+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2JT5rOnMu8HyHaVucySJaLXzd0pp_eucHqChJzEGMqUgcjqihlGEg0amRtbHfcZqzDf5uSgbnQOFCjzfFOd_x5niS1cdOZ0CQeJuGZSyWKyhoOlp3IVzkAYtycGuh1pMdi0l4nI40ghwP/s640/jan+28+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
This is the first of my 2012 paintings from Barbados.<br />
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Hurry Home Baby catches the spirit of love which exists between a Bajan washerwoman and her man.<br />
Love somehow bridges the age old struggle between land and sea.<br />
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10x14 inches<br />
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Sorry, but this one is gone.<br />
I could have sold it 10 times.<br />
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But,the good news is, a bigger painting of this scene will soon be posted. It will be available for purchase.<br />
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This small watercolour (9"x12") is one of my favourite works. It is possibly the most frequently requested painting from my collection, by prospective purchasers. I was invited it to show it in the New York Art Expo. They say that everything has a price. Everything, except this painting. Its one of my favourites.Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-57371322285100625782012-01-13T12:05:00.000-08:002012-02-12T07:13:50.186-08:00The Mount: Atlantic Coast, Barbados 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaUTwTgNJ_QT_14_DqZqVp3QjQdg13Q-uUnsYlmAyNJCvAo2X93cA8B3aTWvi-duCnazK22tsrrPxTiSmZoixM_LynIDDbEsNvcMXhnglGcL_7Wl2sEqEa0r0C6AfTrzB0iUE2gXqVB_C/s1600/jan+28+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaUTwTgNJ_QT_14_DqZqVp3QjQdg13Q-uUnsYlmAyNJCvAo2X93cA8B3aTWvi-duCnazK22tsrrPxTiSmZoixM_LynIDDbEsNvcMXhnglGcL_7Wl2sEqEa0r0C6AfTrzB0iUE2gXqVB_C/s640/jan+28+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
We arrived in Barbados two days ago, and I had no sooner entered our beautiful home away from home and I looked at the wall and thought: "This must be changed."<br />
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Strange how it works. Its too easy to fall in love with a work before it's finished. How do you know when its done? That's easy. Hang it on the wall, lock the door, get on an airplane and return home to Canada and forget about it. Then when you walk in the room a year later, it looks like a painting that someone else painted. The first thing I did was pull it down from the wall and complete the job.<br />
Well......its not completely done, for I did it on stretched canvas and still haven't painted its sides, and if you look carefully, you will see that I haven't signed it off.<br />
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Let me tell you what I like about this work. Its a scene from the Atlantic coast of Barbados, and I got caught up in the sweep of things. The wind blowing off the ocean, and sweeping up the hill and around the magnificent mount. The picture, like so many of my works, has lots of motion. You can almost imagine the bite of sand and the spray striking your skin. Notice too how I circled the mount with clouds, and I completed the circle by making rolling hills leading up its side.<br />
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I have only been here a couple of days and my imagination is excited with the prospect of another good winter of painting.<br />
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24x30 inches<br />
$900Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-9568716077149004202011-12-19T16:00:00.000-08:002011-12-19T19:16:37.247-08:00Moonlit Fantasy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipC_taVuEOkYE7vrcxMpnkYaeVy1adaenfY8dEGjNcjaA1Tl6aGrnRnFfLWu1A-2Bd8JpKLIPZOdNb51OzjV-L_p_-0qPn3G_u5wWVbUErNQuCRtHHpJx_hVJYyZy2n918w0yw5V8AxG1J/s1600/A37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipC_taVuEOkYE7vrcxMpnkYaeVy1adaenfY8dEGjNcjaA1Tl6aGrnRnFfLWu1A-2Bd8JpKLIPZOdNb51OzjV-L_p_-0qPn3G_u5wWVbUErNQuCRtHHpJx_hVJYyZy2n918w0yw5V8AxG1J/s640/A37.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
There are times when the mood is on you and this was one of those times. I had been looking at an intriguing play of light in the mountains and thought that it would be fun to work it into a painting.<br />
Its pretty much traditional to begin a painting with a values sketch - to work it all out with pencil and paper before making a commitment with paint. But get this.<br />
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I playfully painted the sky and thought, it would be good to put some trees in the moonlight, and the rest went from there - one whimsical brush stroke after the other, with the muse leading the way.<br />
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Its basically a pretty straightforward work; sky, hills trees, water and some mist. But, its not what you paint - but how you paint. The subject is subordinate to how you arrange your subject matter and how you work your values into it. This creates atmosphere.<br />
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I knew I had a winner, when I left it sitting on my kitchen table. Everyone who saw it, "ooh'd and aaah'd.<br />
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It was fun to play with the diffusion of moonlight, and spread it into the painting. I intentionally laid in a faint band of mist on the left side, to catch the moonlight and carry it forward into the middle zone of the work. In the end, I tossed in a few touches of light on the grass and on the foreground trees and a few little touches of light, here and there to give the impression of sparkle. (can you find them at the bottom). I balanced these off with touches of starlight at the top. Ahh the joys of being a painter!<br />
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For those with an analytical spirit, this work measures in at 46cm x 60cm (16"x24").<br />
And finally - it hasn't found a wall to hang on at this time of writing.Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-83258743665966222662011-10-30T20:30:00.000-07:002012-10-28T15:50:52.361-07:00Sketching in the Woods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This work is often called a 'painter's sketch'. I did it below Burnt Dam this afternoon. It's a small 8x10 painting, and I cracked it off in little more then an hour.<br />
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Plein air painting has a certain rushing quality about it. There's not a lot of time available for thoughtful consideration and planning. You look, spread your paints onto your palette, then click and shoot.Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-73606977433484724822011-10-25T08:33:00.000-07:002011-10-29T11:51:28.696-07:00Peaceful Reflections and the Big Rectangle<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL0lFTHOsK3YBcBGGhLm6ZSfjXcRatXZzCUscWjLMyz-BezP06dI9j1gXiQsKxD2mp5CViIbvAu-FKZiMdO6nabBmES0j3MyOEiAbbNtS1FlDiRH7h-127J-rmK347aA2EC7WjkFQtEbV/s1600/Burnt+dam5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhL0lFTHOsK3YBcBGGhLm6ZSfjXcRatXZzCUscWjLMyz-BezP06dI9j1gXiQsKxD2mp5CViIbvAu-FKZiMdO6nabBmES0j3MyOEiAbbNtS1FlDiRH7h-127J-rmK347aA2EC7WjkFQtEbV/s640/Burnt+dam5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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Peaceful Reflections<br />
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I was deep into an art talk the other day, when a friend and I discussed how this work has elements of the traditional Renaissance style with the subject arranged within a rectangular form. Take a careful look at this work. Do you see the big rectangle in the water? Check out the upper corner of the rectangle - where the focal point is. Here is the uncanny thing. I didn't plan it. It happened without forethought.<br />
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Stroke for stroke this work took me longer to paint then any other painting of this size that I have ever done. If I could peel off the successive layers I might be able to pull back a dozen different paintings. But, as my father used to say, long ago..."If a job is worth doing, its worth doing right." <br />
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This little work has been cooking on the back burner for a couple of months. It began with me sketching above burnt dam, and it ended when the leaves were turning colour. I was searching for that late season colouring, when the trees for the most part were wearing their yellow/green foliage. I intentionally gave the foreground tree its red tones so it would dominate the scene. There is also a lot of blurring in its leaves to suggest that the branches are shaking in the wind.<br />
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size: 8x10<br />
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I wonder if this unknown man is looking at the blue ribbon painting above him. I would like to think so, but who really knows?<br />
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The paintings you see were part of the Norwood Fair's art display. I had been tempted to enter a painting or two in the show, for the last 3 years, but I held back. The truth is - there lurks beneath the surface of this mild mannered painter, a fiercely competitive being. I knew that if I entered my works before my time, I wouldn't stand a chance. But, for some reason - this seemed like the right time.<br />
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The show went well for me. I picked up 8 ribbons from the 12 pictures I submitted, and the three, ribboned works you see above, are my paintings.<br />
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I now see myself at the cusp in my local development. Its time for me to notch it up. Those who know me, know that I have studied under several artists and have dedicated myself to thousands of hours of painting. Malcolm Gladwell, in his book the Outliers, says that it takes 10,000 hours for someone to develop advanced skills. I have painted for 6 years - 5 of which were exclusively in watercolours. And, I have put in thousands of dedicated hours. Some of my works are excellent, some are ordinary and some should never see the light of day. I have pushed my developing skills to my limits and have just recently joined two large regional art societies.<br />
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This may well be my last showing in the Norwood Fair. I am ready for new challenges. I believe that it is patently unfair for an skilled painter to intentionally show a dozen works in competition with less accomplished, and most likely beginning painters. Its unfair because it removes from beginning artists, the opportunity of experiencing the joy of possibly winning in a local competition. That is just not right.<br />
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But, let me add this. It was sure fun while it lasted.Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-36074121725217052172011-10-09T06:21:00.000-07:002011-10-09T06:22:21.338-07:00Island of the Old Women<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIGizzNsqTpOHtheP7vf7DZY8JTNETGa8P0pEL0Kf7BGqMuveQJm3y4kLChqolR3qZYcLIsfjrjUVX6eSml2uHlvP8PF-ANtil0vJ8GiYegWDjNDJ0fsFDj7FRrE3b6mNU80UPvj7yS8O/s1600/Norwood+Fair%252C+island+of+the+old+women++1st+place.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIGizzNsqTpOHtheP7vf7DZY8JTNETGa8P0pEL0Kf7BGqMuveQJm3y4kLChqolR3qZYcLIsfjrjUVX6eSml2uHlvP8PF-ANtil0vJ8GiYegWDjNDJ0fsFDj7FRrE3b6mNU80UPvj7yS8O/s640/Norwood+Fair%252C+island+of+the+old+women++1st+place.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This unusual watercolour has taught me a valuable lesson about painting. I have always had a feel for this work. It is one of those "odd works". I wanted to somehow capture the loneliness and desolation and coldness of the far north in the winter. So, as I began painting it, I began to imagine what it would be like for the Cedar Trees to give the general impression that they were somehow human - almost like three old women caught by the grip of winter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I hung this work in my home and it seems to me that 90% of the viewers have an immediate reaction to it. Most people don't like it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But the strength of their reactions intriqued me, and I wondered what there was about this work that created such a strong emotional reaction. And if it did, was it not reaching inside the viewers at a deeper, subconscious, level.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After some deliberation, I chose this work for the open watercolour class of the local country fair.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I submitted it for judging, I was surprised at the quality of overall works. But, once it as entered, I left it to do its job.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">True to form, The Island of the Old Women came through with the same reactive force as it had on my wall at home. Only this time, it caught the attention of the judges and it took a first place ribbon.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Strange how it goes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I will display each of my prize</span> winning pictures in subsequent postings.Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446128064605850176.post-33567609286346149922011-10-03T12:50:00.000-07:002011-10-03T12:53:55.134-07:00Autumn Glory<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrf_mIKjfJ7GUJo4lrsLIv1pDPZoXCC5_BhLFoVs3R0dBJ0QpBEzPYCJtqSTJIBAX1fKAoDT-3YvvO6sDbDh2O1nsozgGDVOJr_0fSh4TVt5dp74A7KSZyIpEftwMACjtadmYVfYUxCvkl/s1600/IMG_1243.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrf_mIKjfJ7GUJo4lrsLIv1pDPZoXCC5_BhLFoVs3R0dBJ0QpBEzPYCJtqSTJIBAX1fKAoDT-3YvvO6sDbDh2O1nsozgGDVOJr_0fSh4TVt5dp74A7KSZyIpEftwMACjtadmYVfYUxCvkl/s640/IMG_1243.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><br />
I began this work a year ago and it has its genesis from a location a few kilometers north of here.<br />
It was a joy to capture the glorious colour of autumn in such a setting. The painting is one of my big works, 31"x 39". It is rich with colour and it has a good depth to it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mamma and I took a final boat ride to mark the end of summer. If the truth be known, it was only our second ride up the lake this year. We took our cameras along and brought a photo of this site back with us. And, it goes without saying that that proved to be the genesis for this painting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was fun watching this painting evolve. I faced an option when I painted this work - either a big sky or big water. Well, since skies are more interesting because of all the shapes, designs and colours you can work into them, I opted for the big sky.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Take a close look at the colours in the sky. Can you see the intereplay between the colours of the lakeshore panorma and the sky? Its not unsual for painters to play back and forth between the earth and the sky. There's even some green in the sky surrounding the trees. This isn't as unusual as it may seem, for colours aren't as defined as people would like to believe. For instance, colours are a wavelength. And, while the wavelength may eminate from the source in a relatively direct path to the eye it isn't as tightly defined as we would like to think. Most artists play back and forth with colour and scatter it around their works. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You will note when you observe this work that the central back area of the painting has reflective white in the water of the lake and there are greens from the trees in the right in the water darker blues to the left. This draws our sight towards the distant horizon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But there's more. Notice the big circular design I have used to give us tunnel vision into the distance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lots of fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This work is now hangs in a private collection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">16"x20" stretched canvas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">acrylics</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">location: Belmont Lake, Ontario.,</div>Frederickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14891908804811203427noreply@blogger.com0