Contrast in life can be a good thing. Yesterday for example, I got on a plane in sunny San Francisco and returned to the frozen tundra of Western Pennsylvania. It was a great a week of painting the Bay Area and it was quite startling to feel the cold again. I did a lot of work while there – mid-century architecture in Daly City, coastal seascapes, the Golden Gate Park and Bridge. The painting above was done on the Montara coast near Moss Beach. The strong winds and crashing waves made this painting a real challenge. I'm showing this image because
contrast was the idea for it: light against dark, soft against hard, and movement against the unmovable.
8 comments:
This is a great post Ron. The work is first class and the text is a peak into your career and process.
I agree with Mary Beth...the painting is wonderful and the text a great teaching point.
Well, you really captured that contrast ... the light, the sound... it's all there. It's really striking.
The water is very convincing, but somehow I'm even more drawn to your rendering of the rocks! Love the colors, the surface texture -- beautiful.
Ron, I was born in California and my strongest memories involve the sea. You have painted this so masterfully - especially the movement of the water as it pushes its way around the rocks. This is beautiful.
I have a special connection to Daly City, and hope to get out there some day.
It is a beautiful painting. I am sure the experience of painting it...standing by the crashing sea...was one to remember.
I feel very badly for you-having to experience the jolt of that weather change--I, on the other hand, am still enjoying the warmth and ocean views of sunny FLA.--will be basking in the sunshine till the 2nd week of March, when the bone-chilling PA weather should be gone.
PS--Such a dynamic rendering of water in violent motion --working fast is a challenge, but exciting, too. Keep Warm.
Thanks again for the "warm" comments. I need them in this climate!
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