60 degrees today!! A few artist friends met at Fort Hunter to paint the receding ice. It was a spectacular sight on the river. The ice had broken into interesting abstract shapes that were contrasted by the surrounding dark water. You could hear the massive sheets of ice sliding and crunching against each other as they were pushed downstream. It was refreshing to be out painting again after months of cold grayness, and we all felt our spirits renewed.
I painted this 6x8 study of the ice.
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9 comments:
LOVE this!
Told you: "It is turning out just lovely!"
Great work on that ice, Julie!
What an awesome piece!
what a great day you must have had. Nice painting too.
Love the composition-great movement between the ice chunks to the more ice free part of the water--happy the weather is warming up for you.
Julie,
Nicely done! I love to see the small studies. From the photograph it looks like you almost had your easel sitting on the ice...
Thanks everyone!
Steve, I was pretty close...at the edge of the boat ramp. Ralph was joking that I would have to make a run for it when the ice started melting :)
Nice work Julie. It is especially interesting to see the photo of the site. Don't you think that hearing those sounds of the ice contributed to the genuine feeling of the painting? I like to think it does!
Wonderful painting Julie. Wish I could have been there!
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