Saturday, August 27, 2011

JUST OPENING (SUNFLOWER)
by Claire Beadon Carnell
100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge
'Inspirations from a Back Yard'
85/100

'Just Opening'
Oil on panel
 6 x 6
85/100

Day 85

On a day when the clouds are getting darker and
more ominous, and the winds from the outer edges
of Hurricane Irene are blowing through the trees, I thought
it would be nice to post the painting I did yesterday
  from a bouquet of sunflowers I picked while painting
 on site at Eric and Nancy Olsen's Windmill Creek Studio
farm this past Tuesday.  I painted the sunflower from life,
but brought up the memory of the color of the sky
from Tuesday to add as my background...think it works
better than an ominous shade of grey...

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Claire Beadon Carnell
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5 comments:

Jane Ramsey said...

This is so simple and elegant... love it. And yes, the blue background is much nicer. Hope we see that outside soon!

Unknown said...

Love your sun flower, Claire! You captured the beginning of a beautiful bloom.

Debra Kreiger said...

Sunflowers are always a little sunshine on a gloomy day! Nice painting Claire!

Unknown said...

Yes! You got it...Spot on perfectly.

Mary Beth Brath said...

Beautiful Claire!