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Early Fall (a moment remembered) • • • SOLD

December 8th, 2007

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SOLD

8×6 oil on canvas panel Here’s one developed into color from a quick field sketch with handwritten notes. Very interesting how what was written at the time when the sketch was done serves to activate the memory of the scene along with the mutation of imagination.

Memory is an instrument of simplification and selection. (Alain de Botton)

If you train yourself in memory work, you fearlessly attack and rearrange your material, for you can retain your original impression. (John F. Carlson)

3 Comments »

  1. This is beautiful.I love the light in the trees and the light yellow green of the field in the background. I so want to be able to do landscapes but just haven’t been able to get them to look the way I want. Practice, practice, practice I guess.

    Comment by Brendy Vaughn — January 2, 2008 @ 10:21 am

  2. Thank you, Brendy. I enjoy landscape painting. I’ve found that my daily painting practice (even still life) is revolutionizing my approach and comfort level with them. As in this one, you might try out quick value sketches of a scene that catches your attention. Then, write notes on your sketch describing color, light/shade, or whatever seems to be important to you. Shoot some photos both near and far to remind you of details you want to include. Then, back in your studio, build the painting from that experience and give it your own special emphasis. The memory and imagination work together to provide the simplification of what often overwhelms us when we’re on the site.

    Comment by Jimmy Longacre — January 4, 2008 @ 8:35 am

  3. […] Brendy Vaughn (a wonderfully colorful painter) commented on one of my landscapes (Early Fall) and mentioned, “I so want to be able to do landscapes but just haven’t been able to get […]

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