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In reply to the discussion: Two recent landscape paintings [View all]
BobTheSubgenius
(11,818 posts)37. Those are beautiful!
My wife also gets a lot of joy from painting. She went to a tiny highschool in a tiny town in WNY. Somehow, an exhibit of the art from graduating seniors was seen by someone from an art college in P'burgh, and the college offered her a scholarship. She was flattered, but declined.
She said "I love art, and one day, I won't want to draw an apple, and that day will be when it becomes something I have to do, instead of want to." She was equally drawn to social work and spent her career with the Boys and Girls Club, which she LOVED. Went from unpaid intern while still in college, to retiring as a regional director.
She still paints. I'm glad you do, too.
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I love them both. I think seeing the Impressionists' and Post Impressionists' work in person
femmedem
Aug 2024
#34
She really did-- she also was quite a reader and I would sometimes read her books (tho' they were usually over my head)
ailsagirl
Aug 2024
#52
My word, he is an astounding painter. And yes, the boat haulers look as exhausted as any people I've ever seen
femmedem
Aug 2024
#72
Easily the best paintings I've seen here on DU. No, wait, too faint praise. Really nice done. Beautiful work.....
EarnestPutz
Aug 2024
#41
Thanks! Not so sure I have a gift, more like an interest that drives me to learn.
femmedem
Aug 2024
#46
Gorgeous tonalist paintings! ❤️👏👏👏👍👍 I am always trying to make paintings like these and
LiberalLoner
Aug 2024
#54
Thank you so much! I can't tell where you've used a palette knife, tbh, it looks very smooth!
LiberalLoner
Aug 2024
#57
Sometimes I used it for foreground foliage, like the marsh grasses and their reflections, for texture.
femmedem
Aug 2024
#61
Thanks! IIt was quite a revelation to me when I learned about "sky holes"--the areas between the branches where the sky
femmedem
Aug 2024
#64
Thank you! I find oils pretty forgiving because, unlike watercolors, you can keep correcting or adding to them
femmedem
Aug 2024
#63