Thank you for writing, Cel. Dumbarton Oaks is a beautifully composed and very "layered" landscape, with "room after room" of small gardens to explore--hidden and intimate areas that open up into wider, natural views. I wish I spent more time there when I lived in Washington--but I plan to return when I'm down there teaching. Meanwhile, I have a few more paintings from my visit to post over the next few days.
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8 comments:
That is very beautiful...
This is lovely...there is some vocabulary borrowed from the classical architectural rendering language?
Thanks, Kaylyn. No, but it does have that look--must be the subject!
Thanks, Natal! Glad you like this one.
nice colours!
Thanks, Hania!
I have treasured Dumbarton Oaks all my life and it is your layered composition that fascinates me.
Thank you for writing, Cel. Dumbarton Oaks is a beautifully composed and very "layered" landscape, with "room after room" of small gardens to explore--hidden and intimate areas that open up into wider, natural views. I wish I spent more time there when I lived in Washington--but I plan to return when I'm down there teaching. Meanwhile, I have a few more paintings from my visit to post over the next few days.
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