Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Dive Into the Pool!

Welcome to my studio as a fresh sequence of paintings are created.

 
This is the first in my new series of "Diving into Summer" Paintings ~ 
capturing the nostalgic feel of summer afternoons by the pool.

The original photograph and inspiration for this piece ~
Extreme Diver in 1963 - found on Flicker

Photograph ~ copied, cut, and collaged onto an 8 x 10 inch gallery wrap canvas.
Background composition sketched in and first layer of color painted on the canvas.

Color palette ~ mainly blues, greens, golden browns, yellow and white.

Detail and facial features lightly painted in  ~

The finished painting ~ signed, sealed and available in my shop ~

And hung together with Vacation Cruise

Thank you for your visit.  Please feel free to leave comments about your summertime memories.

4 comments:

  1. Love your art as well as your site, wonderful!! very fun, bright, and refreshing!

    Karena
    Art by Karena

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  2. Love this!! I'll feature one of your works in my header too..., the post will go up on Monday.

    Have a great weekend!

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  3. Thank you Karena - so glad you found my art and my site - I enjoyed reading the information you share on your blog - and love your colorful paintings.

    Maya - Thank you so much - Monday won't come soon enough :) I look forward to being featured on your lovely blog!

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  4. Hello! Found you through Cathy Nichols' site. I love your work- the additional elements you add to each composition are just perfect, and the pieces overall have such good energy.

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