"Work in progress", 18x24 oil on linen
I had a
recent conversation about landscape painting, and the topic of Vistas came up. I have never really chosen to paint
vistas. I seem to be more attracted to
the intimate in nature. The more heroic
panoramic type of scenes somehow always got overlooked by me. …I don’t know why
that is. Maybe it is the lack of
confidence that I could pull off something that beautiful in a painting. This summer I was exposed to some of the most
magnificent vistas in Maine. The mountain
tops in Acadia national park are breathtaking to say the least. I have so much reference from that trip. I
decided to give them a try. This is my
first official Vista painting. I don’t
want it to fall into the pretty, postcard of Acadia Park genre….hopefully! I will do a couple more after this one is finished, and
who knows…..if I don’t hate them, they may develop into another subject that I
can enjoy painting.
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