The "golden hour" of late afternoon, when the light is mellow and shadows are long, is beloved by painters and poets everywhere. From Provence to the Bahamas and on to Vermont, the landscape may be different, but the mood at dusk (for me, anyway) is always the same.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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I Love your watercolors and your blog. I have given you the Sunshine award, You may pick it up at my blog http://painitngoftheday.blogspot.com
Yes! A fellow watercolorist. I love your technique and the freedom of your work. I've tried painting loose but it is just not in me. Awesome paintings...
Susan--
I really like your work. So simple and fresh.
Thanks, Delilah, Ross and Terry. Watercolor allows for both a very tight and a very gestural approach, and I've worked both ways. I think trying to get something down outdoors in an hour is in many ways more difficult than working a month in the studio on a detailed composition. But I really am not a "plein air landscape painter"--they are a specialized breed apart, kind of like field biologists (who are a creative, dedicated, hardy bunch.) I see my outdoor work more as studies, or a type of exercise--a completely engaging, frustrating, exhilarating exercise, when in the middle of it!
I love Provence and this painting takes me there!!!!
Thanks so much, Liana.
Your palette is sublime...really breathtaking. I feel as though I'd been "beamed up..and over" to sunny Provence. Trully a feast for the eyes. Thanks!
Thanks so much for writing, Susan. I love to hear that viewers feel like they are experiencing what I did, standing out in that field in Provence (minus heat and bugs, of course!)
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