Sunday, January 22, 2012

Scrap Yard, 30 x 40, Ron Donoughe

Landscape painting can encompass just about anything. Here we have a scrap yard. This holds a lot of memories for me and a close friend who used this as their playground. The entire area is a cornucopia of shapes and colors, all waiting to be recycled. The large yellow machine on the top shears it all into small pieces before being shipped to a steel mill. I choose to paint it with snow because it introduces a lighter value and delineates the forms.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Very interesting piece Ron and a large one at that. Must have been fun to paint it and reminisce.

Bertie Brown said...

Love the theme of this...would make a great series!

Taryn Day said...

You make it look easy, Ron, but this looks like a very difficult subject. Interesting scene is an understatement.

Christine Marx said...

Wow! I just love it Ron. You take things people wouldn't look at twice and make them mesmerizing!

Kathy Michels said...

Wow - this is amazing. You wouldn't think a scrap yard could be turned into such an amazing piece of art but this is awesome!

Donna said...

I agree this is awesome! My husband would have a field day here!