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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:
Superior work, Larry! I haven't seen your blog for a while. Exciting paintings!
Beautiful painting!! You make Gouache really look amazing.
thanks Dean...Ida...
like jumping around different media, keeps the vision fresh...
appreciated
I recently finished some large murals for a restaurant in nyc and am now in arizona. i need a break and decided to try plein air painting. i tried an acrylic and the paint dried before barely hitting the board. today i took out oils. while i was able to use the medium, the dryness affected the fluidity of the paint. i spent all afternoon and evening looking up plein air issues and came to your website. i really like you work. was wondering if you could somewhat direct me to finding answers to issues regarding medium and brushes in a dry climate. thanks for your time. love the purity of your colors as well as paint application. thank you, cindy
Can't really say I have experience painting in "dry" climates. Any that would affect working oil paints. I don't really require a great deal of "fluidity" since I paint more in strokes of color. Mound up the brush, take 3-4 strokes and let the viewer's eye mix.
I use copal medium...but the supply is slowly disappearing, and won't get much of it when gone, as its too expensive to produce for many now. I am experimenting with various mediums...Gamblin products for one...
more important for me is not how it flows on, but how the paint holds shape in a buttery state applied.
Don't know...wish I could suggest something...
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