16" x20" – Spring DuneOne would think that by shear location, I would paint the Indiana National Dunes Lakeshore a lot. In truth, I rarely paint it at all. Having been born and raised in eastern Iowa, dunes and beaches weren't around me. I think because of that, I don't have any nostalgia or affinity for them. It commonly doesn't interest me. That said, however, like any place, you can always find something beautiful about an area. I often feel the abstract patterns of the dunes are not portrayed well, if at all. So I challenged myself to try to capture that wonderful abstraction where the dunes meet the grassland.
I had taken the photo of this scene a few years ago. While digging through my photo box I found it and painted a little study of it (see below). I liked the study so much I tried my hand at making it into a larger painting. Fortunately, I am not too disappointed in either of them. Though I will say, the main focal area is still trees. For some reason I can't seem to pull myself away from them.
6" x 8" Small Work
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3 comments:
You really captured the light and feeling of the place beautifully.
Nice work on both.
Bri-
great painting there. both of them. tricky to keep the life of the quicksketch in the final, but you did it! well done.
cheers
Thanks Bri and enb. Much appreciated.
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