30 in 30 - Day Four - By the River

By the River

11" x 14" - acrylic on canvas paper - SOLD

This is day four's painting in the 30 in 30 challenge. It started out looking a little more realistic but then some 'fixing, editing and changing" became necessary, and this stylized, over-the-top colour was the result. Good fun on a rainy overcast Labour Day Monday. Hope the sun is shining where you are! Cheerio.

Trees at Les Bassacs

Trees at Les Bassac 

8" x 10" - watercolour on arches paper

More watercolour experimentation, painting wet into wet, and then adding some marks with watercolour pencils. 

Fauvist Tendencies

Fauve Trees at les Bassacs
24" x 20"  - acrylic on canvas  - SOLD

This painting is based on a photo I took last summer when I stayed at les Bassacs in Provence. At the time I spent one hot afternoon behind the house, in the shade, listening to the buzzing cicadas and painting this view - so I have very happy visceral memories of the time and place.

This is the second painting inspired by this photo reference, and probably not the last. As I was trying to come up with a title for the painting I recalled that Andre Derain, one of the early 20th century fauves, painted red trees. That's how I decided on the title.