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IMAGINED

May 8th, 2008

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11X14 oil on canvas panel $175 
Okay, this probably comes as a surprise to you folks who are following my paintings. I put this together to use as an instructional example for my students. I’m covering the elements and principles of design with them, so I did this imagined composition using a complementary color scheme with discord accents. That probably doesn’t mean a lot to some of you, and I won’t bore you with the details.
I almost didn’t post this at all, but I’ve been working on commissions recently and hadn’t posted for awhile so I thought you might want to see what I’m doing. It was a lot of fun to paint this, and I’d be interested to know what you think of this. Be honest! I can take it.

2 Comments »

  1. Hey Jimmy,

    Talk about putting yourself out there… I think this is happy little piece and probably fun to do. I like the composition and the colour. However…..although I think you did an amazing job capturing that wallpaper, I find it distracting overall and it dosen’t allow for your wonderful shadows to play a much bigger role in this piece.

    Jeffrey =;-))

    Comment by Jeffrey — May 10, 2008 @ 7:45 am

  2. It was a fun painting to do; fast and invented, with the purpose of overemphasizing certain principles. The “wallpaper” was simply an exercise in dividing space by thirds while echoing lines in the subject, and providing a grid for application of muted colors found in the main complementary theme.

    Thanks, for your comment Jeffrey.

    Comment by Jimmy Longacre — May 10, 2008 @ 7:57 am

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