These houses, which are only a few blocks from my studio, were painted last week. I painted them about two years ago for my daughter. That version was larger, 30 x 40 inches. I find it useful to revisit my favorite places. First of all I know where to park. That may sound stupid but when all these skinny streets are packed with snow, the last thing you want to do is move someone's "Pittsburgh chair". So yes parking is an issue, but so is knowing which direction the sun is moving. You only have so much time before the entire light and shadow distribution changes. It is a race against time. There is also comfort painting the same scene because you learned something that can be applied again, hopefully to your advantage. The paintings never look alike. I think of them as journal entries. They record that particular day. One painter friend refers to his daily paintings as tracks in the snow. That makes sense. We learn from our own work – one painting at a time.
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6 comments:
Definitely my favorite of yours so far. The contrast of snow and colors is great. The colors remind me of when we lived on St. Croix in the Virgin Islands.
Shadows are great too!!
Just beautiful.
I love the quality of light in this - terrific work!
Awesome play of light and shadow on the snow.
I love those shadows...the snow..what a great view winter in the city. ..The house of sunny yellow makes me smile...
This is lovely, Ron. I think row houses are so cool looking anyway, but you've made these dance. The light play is gorgeous!
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