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Bardo: Now For Something Completely Different #2 Painting
United States
Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Size: 21 W x 29 H x 0.1 D in
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About The Artwork
The grain elevator at Bardo, Alberta, is the second series of paintings I am working on. The many shapes of this building intrigues me. I am still developing compositions based on these shapes With this painting I used Google maps to get an overhead view the lands around Bardo. Buildings and other man made artifacts appear as a tiny dot although the path of the railway is visible. The field boundaries, fallow land, major roads and the abandoned railway line, are depicted in lines and flat shapes. Only the geometric shapes imposed on the land by man hint at his occupation. I painted it using Daniel Smith watercolour pigments and india ink on 200# Saunders-Waterford rough bright white watercolour paper. This is the superior quality watercolour paper made by St Cuthberts Mill. It comes with the Royal Watercolour Society’s endorsement. It is made using 100% cotton, the highest quality paper making material, to high archival standards. This sheet has two natural deckle edges and two machine produced edges. Saunders-Waterford has always been my goto paper. I’ve tried most other brands and except for a couple of handmade papers, I find S-W superior to all others. The painting is not framed. The size of this painting is 30x22 inches, with a ½ all around border (not shown) to allow for matting and framing. The actual displayed area measures 29x21 inches. My signature, a small cartouche, is near the bottom right of the painting. I signed and dated the painting on the back and it comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Watercolor on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:21 W x 29 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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I am a self-taught artist-painter located in Plymouth, Michigan, born in Oakland, California. I have lived and worked in the U.S.A., Canada, The United Kingdom, Germany, and Singapore. I’m a self taught painter as are all painters. You must put in the hours at the easel. The only path for a painter is to paint. You are not wasting paint or ruining canvas/paper. It’s only through your own mistakes that you learn to become a painter. How do I start a painting? Something catches my eye; a shadow, a shape, some type of contrast. I see something that is not there, or more than what is there, or different from what is there. This impression will sometimes result in a verbal phrase, a few words. It’s not a title but perhaps an emotion, or a feeling, or a response to what I see. These are the seeds of a new painting. The best of a half a dozen Notan sketches establishes the armature/feng shui, main abstract shapes, value plan and division of space. I can proceed directly to painting unless there is a man made object that requires a detailed drawing. I paint landscapes. Some are impressionistic and others are more abstract. Watercolour is my favorite medium. As with any medium, there are limitations which lead me to add ink, gouache, and acrylic. I will sometimes add accents with conté or oil pastels. For the past 5 years or so, I have focused on painting a series with a single subject. I find these constraints stimulates my creative vision. The southern California beach scene is what I have chosen for my newest series. I work from photographs. They provide an idea about the dream or the reality of SoCal. My imagination takes over and I try to express my feelings about the scene my artists eye sees.
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