Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Early Morning in Winter, Bayport Road


















Besides trying to get away with the least possible work or thinking, the main purpose of this piece was to explore the differences in colors between the sky and the shadows on the snow. I was up when the sun was just coming up the other day and noted (again) how the lightest of blue-green skies contrast with the dull blue grey of the snow in the shadows. This piece is an attempt to capture that effect. I was using a small brush to make the sky less boring, but that didn't work as well as I wanted. And well, this is one of those paintings that doesn't photograph well either, so this photo result is less than accurate. I had to go out into the snow to take the picture and it was snowing, so I didn't feel like trying it again. That's my story anyways. But you get the idea.

18x24" 45x60cm acrylic on hardboard

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