thast pastel work is so luscious! (it is pastel, isn't it?). lovely thick colour, semi-abstract ... you have me hooked!
I really love the stuff you do and these are especially nice. have you just done these or have you pulled them out of the drawer from some time ago?
very very nice. the colour blending is wonderful, i wish i could do that. a beautiful autumn look. i would love to have these on our walls. what size are they?
thank You both very much! yes, those are oil pastels, of the cheapest sort: the trick is to make the surface very rough (I prepare most of the dark ones, and the shades vary from batch to batch, depending on weather and so on) and sometimes use a smudge of turpentine. It's very windy here, and temperatures can change by the minute, so for work out of doors most of the year I want equipment that is frost resistant, cures fast, fits in my coats' inner pocket, and almost can be used there. A dissertation seems to be lurking in here about how technique itself can encode a Sense of Place (it would be nice to be able to say: "I want twelve blocks of the whitest Carrara marble, and ton of gold leaf").
Funny thing is, the smaller these pics get, the more people seem to like them (out in the three-dimensional world): these are part of a collection of 144 (twelve dozen!) I once put together while travelling to work to a tiny island, Samsoe, in the middle of Danmark, to amuse my Mom, and she framed them and found most of them good homes - in France! She just permitted me to scan the few left, and I was struck by how unchanging my feelings are about this time of year - I love fall! - hence eternal october. Well, You asked -
6 comments:
eternal october
The light in these is so captivating. I love how you didn't hesitate to go really dark in spots. The contrast works so well. Did you use oil pastels?
thast pastel work is so luscious! (it is pastel, isn't it?). lovely thick colour, semi-abstract ... you have me hooked!
I really love the stuff you do and these are especially nice. have you just done these or have you pulled them out of the drawer from some time ago?
very very nice. the colour blending is wonderful, i wish i could do that. a beautiful autumn look. i would love to have these on our walls. what size are they?
adam
thank You both very much! yes, those are oil pastels, of the cheapest sort: the trick is to make the surface very rough (I prepare most of the dark ones, and the shades vary from batch to batch, depending on weather and so on) and sometimes use a smudge of turpentine.
It's very windy here, and temperatures can change by the minute, so for work out of doors most of the year I want equipment that is frost resistant, cures fast, fits in my coats' inner pocket, and almost can be used there. A dissertation seems to be lurking in here about how technique itself can encode a Sense of Place (it would be nice to be able to say: "I want twelve blocks of the whitest Carrara marble, and ton of gold leaf").
Funny thing is, the smaller these pics get, the more people seem to like them (out in the three-dimensional world): these are part of a collection of 144 (twelve dozen!) I once put together while travelling to work to a tiny island, Samsoe, in the middle of Danmark, to amuse my Mom, and she framed them and found most of them good homes - in France! She just permitted me to scan the few left, and I was struck by how unchanging my feelings are about this time of year - I love fall! - hence eternal october.
Well, You asked -
oh i would love to see the twelve dozen!
you make oil pastels sound really good fun, i am very tempted to try some ...
adam
these are so beautiful. a great series. Really makes me want to dig out my pastels and get all dirty.
Post a Comment