As promised, here are a few WIP photographs of my new painting.
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Eight seconds
My final painting for this month’s art show was inspired by one of my favourite photographs (below) which I took using an eight-second exposure. It was quite a windy evening and so the kinetic sculpture is moving just as much as the tree, something I really wanted to show in the painting. I’ll post WIP photos later in the week. There are a few more photos of Phil Price’s wonderful sculpture ‘Nucleus’ in action here.
Anyone who knows Christchurch will appreciate that although the sculpture is still standing, the Majestic Theatre/Majestic House (on the left) and the ANZ Bank Chambers building were damaged beyond repair by earthquakes a few years ago and are no longer with us. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to take lots of photographs in the central city in the months prior to those devastating events.
Interesting places
“A painting is never finished ― it simply stops in interesting places.” Paul Gardner
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Lyttelton Harbour, WIP
This is not one of the paintings I originally planned to do for next month’s exhibition but it was whispering in the back of my brain, nagging me to be painted ― so here is my first day’s progress: the underpainting. There are a few areas I want to correct but, overall, I really like the way this one is coming together.
Things are looking up
A bit of a favourite, I’ve painted this scene a couple of times before: Stand and Redwoods.
P.S. This is number five of the six paintings I planned to finish in time for next month’s Christchurch Art Show. It feels really good to be on track…
Things are looking up, WIP
“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” Lucian Freud
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