'Dance of the Dogwood'
Oil 12 x 9
Several weeks ago, members from the Susquehanna Valley
Plein Air Painters met on the beautiful grounds of Allenberry to
paint. The day was sunny and the dogwoods were blooming.
As I was walking around trying to decide what to paint, I found this
dogwood with the twisted 'dancer legs' trunk, and then
noticed how the reflected color of the petals was creating a pink
glow under the curved porch's roof.
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5 comments:
Claire, you did a superb job on creating depth in the blossoms. The layering of objects is curious, though ... I initially assumed the tree was closer to me than the building, but when I checked out out the porch roof (to see the pretty pink glow) I realized it was actually farther away. Is the foundation of the building actually hidden behind the low pink shrub?
Claire, you handled all that pink beautifully! The porch looks to me like it is set back, once I spotted the plants growing at the base of it, behind the other, closer plant.
Thank you, Dianne and Taryn! The confusion may be because there are two dogwood trees - the one in the foreground, which did not have any flowers that overlapped the curved porch, and a second dogwood in the distance. I may have to use some artistic license and put some of the deeper pink blossoms so that they overlap the curved porch...
The base of the curved porch lays about two-thirds of the way down on the pink flowered bush. The base of the portion of the building with the right-most pillar falls almost to the bottom of the green bush in front of it.
I know right where this is! What a beautiful painting Claire!
This should go into the Addison Room for the next CALC exhibit. Nice
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