At Acre's Edge14x11" Acrylic
Okay. So just finished(?) the small painting I've been doing today as a test run, (above), trying to decide if the 'painting a day' thing would be something I'd like to do; something that could realistically be done with honor. I mean, every day?
Anyway, been considering it.
At Acre's Edge is 14x11 inches, and the paintings done for the 'Painting A Day' movement are quite a bit smaller - in the neighborhood of 5x7" or smaller - usually - and simple. And now I know why! Sheesh. Something I imagined taking only a few hours turned into a major project. And I'm not exactly thrilled with the results, rushing the painting to completion like I did. I don't even know if I'll sign the thing.
(I know... crappy image. I still haven't nailed how to get decent images of my work, short of taking a lousey photo like above, or scanning 'em on an 8x14" scanner and doing a bunch of jiggery-pokery trying to get the pieces to fit together.) (Bad, bad color in that image above.)
About The Painting
It's about the back-end of a row of old houses that butt-up against the edge of some farmland along Hwy 218. You can find them on the right as you head south toward La Porte City from Waterloo. I'm often traveling that stretch of highway toward nightfall, and if you can catch 'em at just the right time of day, the orange light of sunset hits the back of those white houses and they seem to glow an orangish white in the blue-gray of everything else that surrounds them. (From a photo taken before the snow'd disappeared.)
I'm outta here.
Have a better one!
Cheers.
2 comments:
Your paintings are nice!
I especially like that one where it portrays two birds and the one which says 'Acres Edge'.
Are you seriously surprised that your work turns out well?
That's hilarious because your paintings are really nice!
Thank you Boo for the compliments. Now as far as the other, well, just something I go through when I start every painting, not knowing if it'll work out or not. Course, it's always nice when it does! Thanks again.
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