Misty Morning Ruins - finished

"Misty Morning Ruins"

27" x 31" oil on gessoed masonite

23rd Annual Coastal National Juried Exhibition
St. Simons Island, Georgia
April 1 - May 1, 2010

After sleeping on it, I strengthened a few darks in the palm fronds, added some more greens in the shadowed foliage (which you can't see in the photograph because of the extremes in contrasts), then took it outside to get a better photo in daylight.  I contemplated putting an egret flying through the sunlit area, but decided against it.  It is so peaceful like it is, that I didn't want to disturb it.

Misty Morning Ruins - WIP#2

I might be through with this one... it's been a real puzzle to me.  I'll have to sleep on it.  It doesn't look like it has changed that much from WIP#1, but I promise you... I have been over every square inch of it several times!  Too much detail... not enough detail...back and forth.  Too much color... not enough color.. push and pull.  There's actually a good bit more color in the darks than show up in the photograph and there's not a drop of black anywhere... Prussian Blue and veridian. 27"x31" oil

WIP- "Misty Morning Ruins"

This started out as morning light coming through pine trees and has evolved into palms trees with old tabby ruins.  Maybe it's because of my recent daytrip to St. Simons Island where I put some work in the show "New Horizons" at the Glynn Art Gallery near the pier. I pulled out some old reference material from vacations there and nearby Jekyll Island.  As I wait for this layer to dry (it's a 27"x31" oil), I've started a 24"x30" oil that I've been itching to get going.  I may post them back & forth as WIP until completions.  That would be interesting... you get to see all my boo-boo's as they happen and take bets on whether or not I fix them!