Roxanne Steed's Painting a Day: Wisteria (Harkness Park plein air)

Friday, May 18, 2012

Wisteria (Harkness Park plein air)

8"x10" oil on linen mounted on archival panel

I've been waiting to paint this wisteria for the last couple years. It seems I always miss the bloom season in trying to get over to Harkness Park. I'm either a week too early, or a week too late! Yesterday was a fine day to get outside and paint- and YAY- my timing was great this year!

Labels: CT State Parks palette knife painting southeastern CT Roxanne Steed Fine Art oil painting New England Coastal landscape, garden paintings, wisteria

2 Comments:

Sheila Vaughan said...: This is a lovely pattern of tone and colour. Love the soft blues and greens Roxanne. Wisteria doesn't flower for years but while we are waiting it grows and grows. I ended up with one which grew right up to the gutters but didn't flower. It began to dislodge the tiles on the roof so I cut it all down.; May 20, 2012 at 8:06 AM
Roxanne Steed said...: Thanks!, yes Sheila, it is a really voracious grower & I've seen it tear apart small sheds & outbuildings - so I knew to never plant it on my own property. That's why I'm so happy to see such a large spread of it at this public park on these cement columns! It's beautiful, but wicked for the potential damage it can cause!!; May 21, 2012 at 8:16 AM

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: Name: Roxanne Steed; Location: Mystic, CT, United States

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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".