Do you ever try to analyze why you choose certain images to paint? It seems to me that when I'm trying to loosen up a bit, or I've been under an abundance of stress, that I tend to choose marshes or fields -- both the kind of landscapes I'm familiar with and both scenes from my places I've lived and loved.
I lived for over 20 years in Charleston, SC, and while most folks living there tend to enjoy the Atlantic beach, I preferred the quiet lapping waters on the marsh side of the islands -- the fields of grasses, the gentler waters, the maritime forests, the bits of undilations in the land.
Fields are part of the landscape I occupy now - hayfields and barns, tobacco and hay - and the colors of the earth as sceen in the soil and vegetation - are very comforting to me.
What scenes do you prefer to paint?
4 comments:
Good Morning Lin... Wow both descriptions of where you live & lived make it sound wonderful to me... We are around the concrete jungles of a city right now... I would love to be somewhere else but this is where we stay for 4 months to visit family. Have a wonderful Saturday...
Hugs,
Donna
What a gorgeous painting Lin -- i looks like it comes from you heart -- just beautiful.
Although I am into wild and colorful abstract art right now, I still love landscapes -- they are really my favorite of all. I just can't paint them like you do!!! Thanks for sharing this beautiful painting with us.
Hugs,
Lorraine
Lin - This is lovely!!! I like the peaceful colors and feeling of your marsh painting.
I tend to do landscapes, usually with water or buildings in them. I've always been a beach lover so I know that's my connection to the water...it relaxes and refreshes me.
Just simply beautiful and the peacefulness that your mind needs in your busy life.
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