When my tutor said this last week I had a fleeting thought that this was perhaps not a good thing to hear. Not to worry, I reassured myself ... artists are allowed to be a bit vague. A traceable line of inquiry is all that is needed. If my inner voice is telling me to do this then that should be OK....it's my inner voice after all and that's what the unit is about.
Unfinished Landscape
Acrylic on Mount Board
16" x 23"
So in an attempt to get my act together with my "Inner Voice" and to reassure my tutor, I stopped researching (wasting my time) and got on with painting. This painting did not start life like this. It evolved as I worked. It's a reaction to my thought processes. It's bigger than the little studies I have done so far but I'd like it to be bigger still. It's painted in acrylics and I'd like it to be oils. I plan the finished pieces to be in oil.
My inspiration started with a photograph taken of a landscape near St Fillans in Perthshire and also the landscapes of the dutch painter Piet Mondrian. I plan to finish the painting tomorrow and post it along with the original photograph and images by Piet Mondrian. Of course it may have changed completely by the time it reaches my blog.
This is lovely Ann! Is it strange that when I first looked at it I didn't see a landscape at all, but a fox lying down...?? I love the way you've painted the dyke in the foreground.... (Though if you tell me it's not a dry stone dyke I understand) ;)
ReplyDeleteit reminds me of Cezannes square flat brush strokes a bit :)
Good job :)