For the love of paint! Small landscapes, tablescapes, peoplescapes in oil.
This 20"x20" piece was very fun to paint - big fat brushes with lots of lush paint. The house way across the road from me gets hit across the front by the setting sun. The light rakes across the tree tops as the rest drops into shadow. When the moon rises over top, it's quite the sight to behold!
posted by Roxanne Steed at
8:52 PM
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Home schooling my daughters encouraged me to renew my childhood love of art. "Mom, teach us to draw" became the motivation to rededicate myself to drawing and painting. As a Navy wife for over twenty-five years, I have been able to live in some of the most beautiful towns on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as well as travel to Hawaii, Singapore, Italy, France, England and Ireland. I've pursued my formal art education along the way at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT; The Art League School in Alexandria, VA; and Watts Atelier in Encinitas, CA.
I find the textural quality of paint an exciting element of painting as much as design, composition, and color. Evoking an emotional response to a 'sense of place' is a great thrill for me. I use palette knife by itself or in a combination with a variety of brushes to reach my desired aim in my paintings.
What do I love in a painting? One that is compositionally strong - that will draw me in from across the room....rewarding me when I am close up to it with an interesting finish; a wow-factor of that last wonderful detail. Done, but not "done to death".
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3 Comments:
Hi Roxanne,
I love this painting....almost has an abstracted feel...wish we could paint more together! Norma
I too love love this one! It send out a strong energy! WOW.... I think we should all gather somewhere and paint!
Laurie Pace
Hi Laurie & Norma - You both give me lots of good energy to paint- & are very inspiring to me. Norma is a dear artist friend & kindred spirit who told me about your work on eBay, you're both on my 'favorites' list. Now here is another 'serendipitous moment', a short while back I was going through some old Southwest Art magazines for pictures that I tear out to put in my "inspirations file" - and there was the ad for the Five Graces show! How cool is that?? LOL, love it!
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