Original oil, 8"x10"
©2014 Diana Moses Botkin
I've been finishing up a few pieces lately which needed some work. This is one I started on location at Smith Rock over a year ago as the sun was setting.
At such times, I try to capture that last golden, rosy light, working as quickly as I can to get something on canvas of the spectacle. It's impossible to paint fast enough to really get any detail and I'm lucky if I can record a bit of how those few minutes of glory left me feeling.
So, this sat in a corner of my studio, lonely and neglected, but full of promise if I could just do enough to bring it up to snuff. How to do that exactly played in my mind every time I looked at the unfinished piece.
Now, I've added some detail, construed from a photo taken at another time, because I hadn't attempted one while working on this painting. The rapidly disappearing light at the time made it impossible, plus I simply didn't bother to use the camera in my hurry to paint the moment.
Three times I changed the sky, and finally settled on a violet shade of blue that remained in my memory even after the other attempts. I think it's close to what I saw at the scene.
5 comments:
the forms are modeled perfectly here and the values spot on! Love the viewpoint as well.
What a beautiful place to visit and to paint here is an added plus! You painted this perfectly.. Wish I was there right now.
Thanks for dropping by, Mary and Hilda. I appreciate the input. And I wish I was there right now, too, Hilda.... and that it was a hot and bright summer day!
It's gorgeous - and the grand finale was well worth the wait!
Oh thank you, Susan. I have a couple more studies from that trip to Smith Rock that I don't know yet if I'll toss or finish.
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