Wrestled, scraped...declared war...pushed the paint, a hard fight...and other than minor wounds think I arrived at my objective. Click to see larger view...
8"x 10" oil on Senso linen...
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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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5 comments:
You're right....amazing what may seem like a minor change executed well becomes a work levels above the average. Congrats!
thanks Sheila...appreciate your time to share some affirmation on this one.. 8^)
Hi Larry,
Saw your lure paintings and thought they looked interesting. I did some in colored pencil once I thought were cool looking. I even did a cork. Heres one I did a long time ago:
http://kirbysart.blogspot.com/2009/07/colored-pencil-lure-me.html
Nice dropping by
~Kirby
Very nice! Jack would be proud as he is also an artist of a different canvas. I'll see him this weekend at our Muskies Inc. meeting and let him know about your work. Congrats on a job well done!
thank J-Rod...
my father was a sportsfishing guide, on the big pond...(salmon, Lake Trout, coho, browns, etc)..passed on now. Love outdoor activities, living here in the north woods, a national forest in Wisconsin.
We have some fine musky patrolling the waters in areas of northern Wisconsin...and a co-worker, a teacher...himself a musky guide was so kind to share some of his lures with me. Much fun to study and paint...and one he prized was signed by Jack himself.
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