This was a delightful painting to paint on location
standing literally knee deep in snow, but on such a
fine sunny day. Appreciate the patronage...thank
you!
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About Me
- Larry Seiler
- Enculturation imbued with print media & tv means we live in a 2nd reality, one the lens sees. Lifeless shadows, static detail rank accurate to life. My renaissance from 20 years in studio came after taking my paints outdoors. Several things happened- I saw color as only an artist can see, (painting being the deeper way of seeing); I was overwhelmed with all to be worked out in short order; thirdly, that taunt of a feeling I knew nothing of painting! Such would send many back to the pretense of the familiar, but I’m not good hiding from myself that which I’m not able to succeed. By right…I should be able to paint outdoors, and was going to do this were it to kill me. Kill me it did! So complete was that death, I could no longer aspire to paint as artists I had admired. Their works now lifeless, labored, detailed, realistic, yes...but no sense of REAL'ness. I wish I had started nature’s schooling much younger, but lives are like books. Not one chapter stuck to one narrative. Life can be filled with many chapters. It can have interesting twists and new directions, and I say go for it! *See my book on landscape painting, and new DVDs available thru “Books & Videos” at larryseiler.com
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4 comments:
This is so nice. The way you handled the trees and the light.
thanks Barbara...
enjoyed the day on this one...a mix of chill but with sun to warm. The color and light were quite inviting..
Larry, this is wonderful (I admire your heartiness - standing in snow!) anyway - I love the colors you have brought out in this - the sense of light and shadow!
thanks Helen...
hey...if a number of us and northerners can stand on frozen ice waiting for fish to strike a minnow and the tip up to flag...then its really not all that hearty to paint in snow.
Actually if I paint...I'm pretty much guaranteed I won't be skunked!!! I'll be going home with something...
take care...appreciate the comments..
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