Sunday, February 19, 2012

Summer Heat and Dry Grasses



Summer Dry Grasses © 8" x 6" ~ oil
Gessoed primed canvas panel

Last summer, on our way to Murphys California for a workshop with Kathleen Dunphy, we encountered a lot of country that the grasses were parched by the sun and you'd feel like you were in an oven.  Once in awhile you'd find a gentle wind but more often than not there wasn't even a flutter of a breeze.

I used one, of many, of my photos as reference for this painting and it brought back a lot of memories of just how hot and dry it was.
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8 comments:

  1. Linda Popple4:02 PM

    Lovely! I like the touches of blues and violets. Nice composition.

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  2. Linda Nickles5:14 PM

    What a lovely painting, Nancy. Great job on on creating the planes here, and beautiful warm tones.

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  3. Maria Bennett Hock5:56 PM

    I love the colors you used. I can almost feel the dry heat! Very nice!

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  4. Unknown6:41 PM

    Great use of color and contrast. When I used to go see my sister in California during the summer it was always dry and brown. Seeing the purple in your shadows gives the piece life for me.

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  5. SYLVIANE8:41 PM

    Sure, Nancy, we can feel the heat wave, a striking atmosphere!

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  6. Celeste Bergin10:30 PM

    lovely colors---it does indeed feel warm!

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  7. Nancy Van Blaricom6:21 AM

    Thanks Celeste, Sylviane, Toni, , Linda P, Maria and Linda N. I think my photo shows up a little brighter and saturated with color than it really is . I should have tried tweaking it more in Photoshop.

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  8. Darren Gersol8:49 AM

    Hot like an oven… That sure is hot! It's fun to beat that summer heat. I usually eat some ice cream with my family, especially during the day, when we feel almost the same way: like we were inside an oven! LOL! That painting is so nice. It's worth putting up as display.

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