Thanks Katherine--yes, the moods (playful and yet threatening) I was in while working:-D
Actually it is painted on top of a plein air sundown that I wasn't thrilled about and used the under-painting as a guide. I do that a lot. I am not sure if I am satisfied with the outcome--I think I need to quiet down passages in the sky--maybe not...
For the past decade, in all weather and almost every day, I have documented the seasons of rural land where I live on the Niagara Escarpment (a UNESCO world biosphere reserve). These paintings are ‘grown' primarily with oil on canvas and I am struck by the common elements between my own art practice and the seasons and cycle of harvest. Each must have faith in what the land will give. When I am out painting in the land I am surrounded by new growth as well as the old and dying. All have grown from the same place and all go back to the same place: "each seed according to its own kind.. each one knowing what to do, each one demanding its own rights on the earth..." - Emily Carr.
Painting plein air is immediate and intuitive and is affected on a daily basis by what cannot be controlled- climate. Through direct painting from nature I engage in an intimate dialogue with the land and I am developing a deeper understanding of the environmental factors that determine our world's future. What I also find enlightening in painting on open land is that I am in the midst of so very many creatures ‘unseen' -their continued presence entirely dependent on our Eco system. Protection and the importance of maintaining ecological integrity concerning protected land informs my work.
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That's a BIG painting with a dynamic and colorful sky! Looks playful and yet threatening, too. Nice job! Plein air?
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Thanks Wendilea!-what a beautiful name you have!
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