Saturday, December 17, 2011

Wilderness 2



Wilderness 2
I painted and posted the first version of “Wilderness” on December 12th. I experimented with wax in the first version, and was not happy with the overall result. The painting here is an attempt to improve the composition, and to have a wax-less version of “Wilderness”.
I will probably end up doing a version 3.
18”x 12” Watercolor on 140# cold press



6 comments:

  1. It's stunning Anthony,and thanks for the link, I love those guys

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  2. I like this one better because the city is forced into the background, a good example of "less being more". The encrochment is evocative and inevitable. Actually, it leaves me with a totally different feeling than the first in which I thought the message was that the city itself is a wilderness. I like the woods.

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  3. Un acharnement qui fait de vous un talentueux artiste... Gros bisous et joyeuses fêtes.

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  4. Lorraine: Thank you.

    Yvonne: This is why I need to try again. the message intended is for the city to be the wilderness. Maybe the third time will be a charm?

    martinealison: One of the nice things about art, is the effort is mostly fun.
    Happy Holiday’s to you too.

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  5. This one looks very good; I like it better than version 1- I guess because the emphasis is on the trees in the foreground here.

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  6. Thank you. I think the painting is better. The overall composition is better. But the intent of city as wilderness comes off better in the first. I’m going to try a third time, with fewer trees, and just a few branches extending over the city behind, enough to hold both foreground and background together.

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