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SHELL HUNTER • • • SOLD

March 6th, 2008

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8×6 oil on canvas panel    SOLD
The thing I enjoy about these sun-filled subjects is the freedom to pump up the color. When I’m painting this thickly, the brushstrokes have to be direct. There’s not much opportunity to go back into it and keep refining things. You have to mix the color the way it needs to be, and then just put it down and leave it. First and foremost, I think the value needs to be right. If I keep the lights and darks properly related, I can be fairly free to try any hue that seems good to me. Then it’s a matter of controlling how saturated or grayed the hue needs to be. If you can keep these three things properly related, you can exaggerate for the feeling you want and the result is still believable.

4 Comments »

  1. Wonderful warm color in this sun-drenched beach scene. It’s a welcome sight to me; we still have snow outside in north Idaho.

    Comment by Diana Moses Botkin — March 7, 2008 @ 1:07 am

  2. Thank you, Diana. I’ve been looking through your blog and website. Your lovely miniatures have the look and presence of large works, without any telltale clumsiness. I’m a fan.

    Comment by Jimmy Longacre — March 7, 2008 @ 5:40 am

  3. I LOVE your beach scenes, but your Texas landscapes blow me away. Thanks, Jimmy, for both the compliments and the “thirsty” verse!
    By the way YOUR “Johnny’s Hill” or “Willow Creek” are MUCH better examples of cool vs warm colors!

    Comment by Debbie Lincoln — March 7, 2008 @ 6:25 am

  4. Jimmy, this is a precious painting!

    Comment by Takeyce — April 2, 2008 @ 11:38 am

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