Golden Gate view at sunset
This painting started off as a an overly-ambitious figure study that I could not finish within the 3-hour session. when I was on the way to drawing one night, the fog was hanging over the bay and the sun was setting. I snapped few photos and was anxious to paint the scene so I decided to recyle the figure study. Having been a professional photographer, it is often hard for me to let a photo be just "inspiration" and not take it too literally. With this painting I listened to the paint, and not to the photo. One of the best pieces of advice I ever heard about painting is to remember that only God can make a tree - you can't make a tree with paint, so try to make the most interesting painting you can.
SOLD - private collection Oklahoma (18x24 oil painting)
posted by cazsh at 9:59 PM
2 Comments:
I like it's kind of like Whistler meets German Expressionism.
Hiya.
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I'm glad I found your blog. It's so nice looking through your work and reading your descriptions of how you created the various pieces.
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