Saturday, 14 January 2017

July in January

'Backyard, July'  - oil on canvas 48x24 in
My garden in July feels like the right subject to be painting in January... bringing my thoughts from winter doldrums to sunnier days.   I like mixing luscious tints; smearing them over top of thin washes with palette knife.  Kind of like icing a cake... the process luscious and decadent... the physicality of the oils somehow seductive.  Sometimes the drag of the canvas is a bit of a deterrent to how the paint glides.
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4 comments:

  1. Barbara Muir15 January 2017 at 23:22

    Love this Sally,

    Amazing how summer draws us in in these cold months. Beautiful painting.
    XOXOXOXO Barbara

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  2. Holly Wiman18 January 2017 at 11:41

    Takes me back to my wedding day every time I see this painting. Its really beautiful! xoxo

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