Tuesday, May 4, 2010

SPICE AWAITS By Cecelia Lyden

acrylic on stretched canvas
12x16
cecelialyden.com
This painting was just accepted into the Gallery@Second Burg art show. I painted it from a photo I took from inside Spice, a restaurant on 2nd Street in Harrisburg one early evening while dining with my husband. The sun is very bright at that time of day and it helped create this great contrast between the highly illuminated street scene and the dark restaurant interior and also framed the waiting hostess beautifully.

4 comments:

Bertie Brown said...

high drama, Cecelia! I love the strong diagonals and that reflective light above the figure..a winning painting!

Autumn Leaves said...

What a great composition! Well done, Cecelia!

Mary Beth Brath said...

Great values Ceceilia. This one is quite powerful.

Claire Beadon Carnell said...

I love a painting with high contrast! You've done an excellent job on the firgure too, Cecelia. Really fine work!