This is a quick Color Study I did of one of Sharon Lowe’s Beautiful Niles Pond Photos.
I Sometimes do a few of these if I plan on doing a larger Version.
As you can see I love Broad Brushstrokes and vivid colors.
- Sharon’s Niles Pond Photo “Reposted without permission 🙂 “
- “Niles Pond Sunrise” Color Study
Http://www.frontierogallery.com
http://www.artbreak.com/CapeAnnPainter
Good Morning Gloucester 
“With permission” 🙂
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Holy cow! Niles Pond has gone tropical!
Very nice….
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Both the painting and the photo reminds me of some historical photos of Andrews Point:
http://www.andrewswoods.org/home/photos/historical.html
The second and third ones. Not sure this actually ever existed just like this. They are lithographs on adverts for Eben Phillips big development of Andrews Point.
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Okay so point is artists have the same eye as photographer? The visual artist vs the painter. Dude, please add what type of painting. Watercolor, oil on canvas, lithograph, and how it was painted. You could also ask the artist to contribute. I see a Van Gogh influence here to his works in the study of fields..
My opinion the road I like because in both they lead your eyes to a destination the sunset. Second the painting is missing the fence and I would have changed the sky from its flat look on the horizon. Insert starry night here and this painting I might have purchased. It would have matched what he was doing with the trees…It suggests movement in the landscape. I have a oil on canvas cafe in Paris, lithograph starry night and a field watercolor on board within eyesight everyday. I have viewed many works in Paris and here….Spent the summer in museums you could say..Drill down on this stuff rabbit likey!!!!! I wish I could paint…
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“My opinion the road I like because in both they lead your eyes to a destination the sunset.”
Yes, that’s why the 1887 lithographs matched up in my brain but I couldn’t think of why. All three have the road sweeping away into drama which makes you want to take the road to see that cool horizon.
Makes me think of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” now that you point out the road:
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
…
I took the one less traveled …
http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html
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HI Rabbit,
It takes me a couple of times to read your posts to get what your saying.
Which is: You like what you like! That’s what art is all about. There are a lot of great artists out there who’s work I love and the rest I appreciate the effort, work and skill they put into it. I’m not a fan of realism. If I wanted a photo I would buy the photo I like. I’m a fan of Loose, sketchy, colorful style works. There’s something for everyone out there. This Study was my interpertation of Sharons awesome photo. If you or anyone else likes it that’s great! I’m honored, If not that’s ok too. I paint what I like. Another painter told me he liked my Painting of a lighthouse and Fishing Boats but he did’nt care for Cliche’ Paintings. They were good for Tourists destinations not for serious galleries. What? Gloucester is a tourist destination. Gloucester is full of Cliche’s. “F” Him I thought. But we all like what we like! Thanks for you insights and suggestions.
If you ever want to pick up a brush let me know. I have extra equipment. I can pass along what limited knowledge I have. And you never know you just may get hooked. IT’S GREAT MEDITATION! Also,I never thought I could write so much. Thanks for the inspiration Rabbit!
Robert Frost Paul?
I drove by his Homestead in Derry, NH almost every night on the way home from work when I lived in Londonderry. The wall that made good neighbors is still there and cared for.
Thanks for the info too.
Thanks for the permission Sharon. Are you using that study as a coaster yet?
🙂
TROPICAL Kat? I wish. Thanks.
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“. Gloucester is full of Cliche’s. “F” Him I thought. But we all like what we like!”
Thank you for that. The thought has crossed my mind that as I take yet another photo of motif #1 or the Twin Lights that I am xeroxing a cliche but now I will think of your sentiment.
And crikey, as you say, this friggin’ island is wall to wall cliche. Not our fault we live in the coolest place in the universe.
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Paul, simply put in no divided words, that you are both right…Lets lend the subject some perspective beyond the emotion.
Fist off. The history behind the lighthouse; one being an ancient wonder of the world! The lighthouse of Alexandria and a city that also held the world’s first library comes to mind. At the time before the earthquake it was the center of the intellectual world. Smart people not only built beautiful things they served a crucial purpose saving lives..
Sure when tourists come to places like Gloucester the say how pretty most purchase. The other hand clowns; I’m not going to buy the painting its Clich’e? He most likely wouldn’t know real art if it bit him in the ass. I say this because in most seafaring museums its a predominate icon. I can name at least three along the coast national museums that house them. Furthermore, name several societies based around their preservation even if they have become obsolete from satellite devices.
I haven’t even touched on the emotional connection to people with salt in their veins. Art, if anything should stimulate powerful imagery or create a link to its audience don’t you agree? Those images do it rather well in particular lighthouses. Or just ask any sailor from that area stuck in a Nor Easter what’s you favorite sight after weeks at sea. I bet you he doesn’t say mermaids!!
Back on the other subject we all have opinions to what art is. We also can choose to see things differently. In the end does it really matter? It’s the act of creating something and if people get it. That’s a bonus; nobody really understood Van Gogh or Monet. They died broke and pickled on absinthe. You think they really gave a rat’s ass because they were doing something they loved. But it was genius and time has proven that. I personally like that you talked a little about the painting. Gave it life in some way and talked about the reason you see it that way. Sharon’s photo is by the way a very good one.
As you can see, way too much time on my hands, sneaking around art over the years. I couldn’t paint if my life depended on it and would rather leave it to the processionals. Here is an idea have Sharon take a picture of you painting a picture she has done. A small mirror off to one side but on the same wall too. A multiple self portrait of creating something from multiple art forms, cool.
I could read this page for months with no comments at all believe it or not. Most of what I say is extremely cryptic too. It’s not just you on that one…
The only thing I didn’t cover was your choice of bright vivid colors. We are all bees in nature visually, looking for the most attractive colors. The next guy in the shop might even say these are not from this area. Odds are though he is just trying to impress the girl he’s with…I would actually strive at just being miss understood. Then you know what you’re creating is truly yours.
In other words:
“I’m creating so you must be the other guy, looking.”
Man you are the one more sought after than the latter…Keep at it as critics will be critics and artist will be artists! Neither can survive without the other. I hope you find this more lucid and specific regarding your response.
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Paul, I like the big ‘chunks’ of color that you are using. Is this an oil? What colors do you have on the palette? and what is the size?
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That one was Gouache on Paper. 4″x6″
Winsor Newton
Primary Red
Aliz. Crimson
Ultramarine Blue
primary Yellow
yellow Ochre
zinc white
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You sure squeezed a lot of color out of that palette!
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