'Autumn in the Napa Valley'
Oil 6 x 12
This is a painting I did for Bill Guffey's Virtual
Paintout Challenge (February - San Francisco,
California and surrounding area), using Google
Streetview. ( At the risk of being bludgeoned by
avid football fans, I started this painting around
the second quarter of the Super Bowl last evening...
too much testosterone for me with the chest
bumping and strutting about..., and finished it
up this morning.)
I think the strong diagonals
created by the vineyard, the soft mountain range
in the distance, and those misshapen trees that
I remember so well from growing up in California
are what really influenced my decision to pick
this scene to paint. The colors certainly were
a factor as well :)
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3 comments:
I agree, Claire. The diagonals do create a great energy in this work...I love the colors as well.
Ah, California Dreamin'
On such a winter's day.........
One of my favorite songs, Bertie!
I love the work on the distant mountains. It adds just the right feeling and the purple coloring bounces off the yellow fields to give a wonderful quality to your painting.
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