September 24, 2011

Studio Work Season....



























Today I am showing you another studio piece.  Fall is typically the time of year that I am hunkering in to my studio to catch up and produce some gallery work for fall and Christmas shows.  It is a shift for sure after spending much of the summer painting small studies from life. Although there is a certain satisfaction in completing a larger studio piece, I have to say I have quite fallen in love with the practice of working from life and know that I will keep doing it throughout the rest of my painting career.  I would like to think that the practice informs my larger studio pieces on quite a number of levels.

Over the next few weeks I will be getting in some days devoted entirely to working from life (GOTTA keep my chops up) and I am looking forward to that.  I'm loving the challenge and the results I see in my growth as a painter as a result of the practice of daily painting.  I will post some of those as I get them done.

In the mean time, I'm hoping all of you are keeping the paint flying and the brushes wet.

Best,
Gaye

4 comments:

  1. WHAT A DYNAMITE PAINTING, GAYE! Painting from life makes a HUGE impact on our work!

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  2. Thanks Alice, thanks Elaine. In answer to your question Elaine, the painting is 24X30", oil on canvas...I forgot to include that in my post!

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  3. This painting is amazing! So beautiful! I feel like I'm there.

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