Willow Mill Trees6"x8" oil on w/c paper
This is another one of my small oil studies which I completed during my plein air landscape class through the Harrisburg Art Association. I find working small preferable due to my limited painting time during class....and I'd much rather have a lot of completed small studies on hand than a lot of larger unfinished pieces. I found this particular grove interesting because of the way the one tree seemed to stand out in front of the others, and the depth that was created by the other trees as they receded into the grove. It also reminded me of a sentinel in a gaggle of canadian geese...that one goose who stands "lookout" as the others feed in safety.
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8 comments:
Hello Steve - great to see your post! Welcome to the Daily Painters of Pennsylvania. Right now I have about a dozen plein air paintings that I started and need to finish. I look forward to reading your posts!
This is a eal beauty--love the color palette, the diagonal placement and softness of the trees and the fabulous depth on such a small surface.
I like the glow that the sentinel tree has. Nice!
Great to see your work here Steve! I love the softness of this painting.
Welcome to DPP, Steve. Great paintings; love your description of the "lookout".
Welcome to the DPP. Really nice little painting. Trees defiantly have their own character and I like the way this one stands out.
Wonderful color and composition. Enjoyed reading your description. Very lovely.
Thank you all for your nice comments and your warm welcome into the DPP. For those of you I haven't met yet, I look forward to meeting you one day. And to Julie and Pat, I look forward to painting again with you soon.
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