I mentioned in an earlier post that I've been in a bit of an artistic funk this year -- I keep working but often don't find the results all that satisfying. In an attempt to break out of this negativity, I decided to create a small landscape based on a portion of the Devil's Den area on the Gettysburg Battlefield. I had recently read an article indicating that the tree depicted here is one of the few remaining "witness" trees -- meaning, a tree that is confirmed to have been present during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, and that is what spurred me on to choose this particular location.
Recently I received some very good news regarding this painting, done in colored pencil on PastelMat: it is one of only 101 works selected for the exhibition, America's Parks Through the Beauty of Art. In addition, it was chosen as one of the Top 50, and will be part of ...
a travelling exhibition, moving from Missouri to New York to Wisconsin, beginning in March. Folow this link to read the juror's statement: http://www.outdoorpainter.com/whats-current-and-whats-coming/americas-parks-exhibition-begins-tour.html. While I realize that being pleased with our own work is what's important, not the opinion of a juror, this was a welcome "shot in the arm" for an artistically-uncomfortable year!
6 comments:
Wow! This is really good! You did a great job with the colors and shadow on this! Great work!
Amy you really put a lot of feeling into this painting. I love it!
LOVE the post....It was so interesting. Nice Work, too!
Awesome work Amy! This work has such a strong sense of light and shadow. I like how you distributed the shadowed areas.
Amy, I am very familiar with this tree and you have captured it and the whole feel of that area to perfection. Congratulations!
Thanks for all your words of support. I took some pictures of another witness tree this fall -- I'm thinking I'll do something with that one over the winter.
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