Original oil painting
7"x5" in museum style gold frame
©2009 Diana Moses Botkin
How many times do we see something but not really look at it? I first noticed this glowing phenomenon a couple of years ago, although I'd no doubt seen it before and simply not paid attention to what I was seeing.
Perhaps you're way ahead of me and have observed this a million times. Others certainly have. (Senaca the Younger wrote about it in Rome before Christ.)
I was fascinated by how the wine glass concentrated the light and revealed the surrounding landscape in a glowing topsy turvy microcosm; the glass acting as a lens. This has been one those ideas in the back of my mind that I've wanted to paint, so this is the week!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
"Refraction" Still Life/Landscape Daily Painting
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2 comments:
You mean it is possible to drink wine and observe stuff thru the glass? If I did that I would probably see my wife throwing something at me.
The glass is very well painted hear but what I really like is the beautiful warm trunk of that tree against the greens and against the sky. This is a very very nice painting.
Now I've got to have a wine to moderate my envy.
Thanks for the laughs, Bill. I can always use the serotonin. Thanks for the kudos, too.
However, you have no cause for envy. I've seen your work; plenty of very nice stuff.
Cheers.
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