Good question! Acrylic on a canvas treated with gesso. It seems way more friendly for cleanup over true oil paints but it ask drys way faster if you don't put a slowing agent. All paints are not created equal, cheaper means more filler and binding agent, nicer means more pigment and vibrant colors. Not sure what these will look like in 20 years, but I hope brands like Windsor Newton maybe tested longevity at some point? The paintings I did during a few art classes 8 years ago look just fine so not too worried. Not sure what the greats like Deyoung are using these days?
Thanks all for the kind words and encouragement, I have some renewed motivation!
Here is another landscape I worked on last year, but I wasn't happy with it. I tried reworking the sky the other day and it's a little better, but I think the photo is part of the problem. Live and learn? Just going on to the next one. One of my best professors used to say "your an artist if you buy supplies and use them up! don't let them waste away in a corner"
Thanks all for the kind words and encouragement, I have some renewed motivation!
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Here is another landscape I worked on last year, but I wasn't happy with it. I tried reworking the sky the other day and it's a little better, but I think the photo is part of the problem. Live and learn? Just going on to the next one. One of my best professors used to say "your an artist if you buy supplies and use them up! don't let them waste away in a corner"
Like your bold use of color, contrast, and distinct style. If i hadn't known who 5 the steelhead or the landscape, I would have known they were done by the same artist.
"Southern OP Shadows...." or something like that. My personal best, it was a surprisingly dark fish low in the system for a winter run, but maybe it had been around for a while? Small system so I don't drop names... Hummmm it was January so I always figured winter run, but now that you say so, maybe a late summer fish makes more sense?
That would be a big summer fish in WA. The life histories and coloration of steelhead are so varied that you never really know anything. Great painting. you really captured something there.
Not out of the question! I just had another inquiry for a possible commission. 5 days ago I moved to southern PDX, so the house will be crazy for a few weeks, but things will settle into place soon enough....
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