“Autumn” 9″ X 12″ acrylic on 150 lb. pressed paper
Finally the autumnal equinox has arrived and I for one am thrilled. It is my favorite time of year. So out come the fall colors and switching out my wardrobe to cozy and warm sweaters, jeans and boots. It was natural that yesterday’s painting would have me gravitating to the above colors. Yet I did not paint them in the traditional way with colorful leaves. I instead chose to make the sky and water brilliant orange and yellow, a juxtaposition of what you might normally see. I like it, it makes the painting more dramatic, bold and screaming for you to look at it.
I am sure that in the coming days I will use more of this color combination and you may see me painting in oranges, purples, red and golds during the Studio Tour the first weekend in October. I paint the seasons, and moods of my life here in the Southwest, and that will demand this color pallet.
Creating a world of Autumn, one painting at a time…
This is number 10 in my 30 in 30 challenge, it’s moodiness is just perfect for this cool and dreary morning that lead to a wicked storm with hail pelting the deck. But lo and behold the sun in shining at this moment with the sound of thunder in the background. It has been a crazy monsoon season.