From my daily painting exercises, this image has several layers of oil built up to create this mood.
Studio: 3B 1517 Camden Road, Historic South End, Charlotte,NC. Hours by appointment. Art Crawl the First Friday of Each Month!
More landscape images can be found on my website: www.rlistudios.com
Image below is also Table Rock but rendered in acrylics on canvas paper. Recently, it sold after the local art crawl in Historic South End, Charlotte, NC. The same paper was used but the bottom image ended up being more vibrant.
Part of the Blue Ridge Mountain chain, “Table Rock” is the “most visible symbol” in the piedmont region of NC and features a unique rock formation. Senators and Authors have written about Table Rock, its admired by botanists for its flora and its peak makes for a quick hike.
This image is from a photograph I took.
Comments welcome. All images are for sale. This pastel is 9″ x 13″- w/o a mat or frame sold this last week in my studio in Historic South End. Bittersweet seeing it go to a new home, but art is about creating and sharing it, so Missy will enjoy the scene as much as I did.
Contact me via my website or WordPress. As I contemplate what do create next – as a series I listen to HyLitradio.com via iTunes on my computer, which replaces a similar station that was out of Lexington,NC that changed formats AND went under that I used to listen to, (the nature of the beast of today’s radio !).
Yesterday’s folly.
Assorted pastels on Canson
12″ x 15 7/8″
Background Ambience: You might want to listen to these “sunset” songs if you are thinking about creating a painting about sunsets yourself. Here is my songset about “sunsets” or “skies” as songs with “sunset” in the title is hard to find, especially songs that are free too!
http://www.playlist.com/playlist/18052442123/standalone
If you are interested in this you can reach me via my website: rlistudios.com
Comments Welcome. This is a “daily painting” and not meant to be a long exercise.
Additional artwork can be viewed on my carousel via HyLit radio.com- Ways to Advertise on this blog-click here
Below is a music montage of my eco art. Click on mini purple marsh painting icon below to view!
ECO ART OF THE CAROLINAS THEME born out of inspiration…..
surfaced with my belief in preserving the beauty and health of the environment- the land. My appreciation of the natural beauty in nature was born in my youth when I admired the mists rising off of the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge and grew from my travels. I am drawn to paint various landscapes, marshscapes, seascapes often of wild lands and often including water imagery. My primary subject matter interest began with the ecosystems that represent change between the land and sea, including marsh environments and mangrove forests. I hope via my website to promote awareness of the dynamics that thrive in these fragile ecosystems.
About a year ago I posted “daily paintings”- which were small exercises such as the one above; however, life got in the way and I had to take on multiple roles and fit alot more into my day and this ritual about ended for me. I hope to return to the page more these days.
I’m calling this done.
Last image taken as far I can go with it, I believe. Do you think it is done and how about the name “Pink Light”? 9 x 12 image. Sennelier pastels. I dry mounted my pastel paper onto foam core to create a transportable work surface and hinged to that a reverse mat cut from the same material (foam core). Even if you chose to use fixative on the last layer or during the process, a few flakes will fall with pastels, especially with the softer brands. I chose to stop using fixative after the first 2 layers, that way the final layers are not dulled down.
If you are interested in this you can reach me via my website: rlistudios.com
Comments Welcome. This is a “daily painting” and not meant to be a long exercise.
Additional artwork can be viewed on my carousel via HyLit radio.com- Ways to Advertise on this blog-click here
Below is a music montage of my eco art. Click on mini purple marsh painting icon below to view!
ECO ART OF THE CAROLINAS THEME born out of inspiration…..
surfaced with my belief in preserving the beauty and health of the environment- the land. My appreciation of the natural beauty in nature was born in my youth when I admired the mists rising off of the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge and grew from my travels. I am drawn to paint various landscapes, marshscapes, seascapes often of wild lands and often including water imagery. My primary subject matter interest began with the ecosystems that represent change between the land and sea, including marsh environments and mangrove forests. I hope via my website to promote awareness of the dynamics that thrive in these fragile ecosystems.
About a year ago I posted “daily paintings”- which were small exercises such as the one above; however, life got in the way and I had to take on multiple roles and fit alot more into my day and this ritual about ended for me. I hope to return to the page more these days.
Concerning my recent post of ”Pink Light,” (a class demo) I have taken it a step further. We consider it to be almost there, but not quite there yet. I returned to the page this weekend after browsing thru a beautiful magazine about Kiawah I received in the mail. It was a weekend filled with the Julia & Julia movie, Chinese and Sushi, a yard sale, and the return of the little art ritual below.
Here it is:
This image is not yet finished and needs a better title, perhaps?
If you are interested in this you can reach me via my website: rlistudios.com
Comments Welcome. This is a “daily painting” and not meant to be a long exercise.
Additional artwork can be viewed on my carousel via HyLit radio.com- Ways to Advertise on this blog-click here
Below is a music montage of my eco art. Click on mini purple marsh painting icon below to view!
ECO ART OF THE CAROLINAS THEME born out of inspiration…..
surfaced with my belief in preserving the beauty and health of the environment- the land. My appreciation of the natural beauty in nature was born in my youth when I admired the mists rising off of the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge and grew from my travels. I am drawn to paint various landscapes, marshscapes, seascapes often of wild lands and often including water imagery. My primary subject matter interest began with the ecosystems that represent change between the land and sea, including marsh environments and mangrove forests. I hope via my website to promote awareness of the dynamics that thrive in these fragile ecosystems.
About a year ago I posted “daily paintings”- which were small exercises such as the one above; however, life got in the way and I had to take on multiple roles and fit alot more into my day and this ritual about ended for me. I hope to return to the page more these days.
Below is a marsh unfinished and it is a “demo” I did while hosting a Wednesday night pastel class at the Burke Arts Council.
If you are interested in this you can reach me via my website: rlistudios.com
Additional artwork can be viewed on my carousel via HyLit radio.com- Ways to Advertise on this blog-click here
Pastel Colors used:
Sky- 2 shades of peach, one light and one medium value blended together; 2 shades of pink blended and close in value; 1 cool lavender and 1 soft sky blue. Rembrandt brand “light sky blue” is a good choice and can be used in tandem with other blues you end up collecting, or it can be used alone as I did here.
Landmass- Nu Pastel brand “confederate blue” with bits of sky color dropped in at will. Choose paler and cooler shades of blue for the most distant trees. Drop in some of the sky colors in the land as you move into the midground. I have started using dark, cool greens and greeen-blue shades for the brush near the horizon line.
To attend any Burke Arts Council pastel Summer Art Class held in the Jail House Gallery call 703.433.7282 to sign up or email admin@burkearts.org to join the next scheduled group. Weekly get together pastel sessions are after work from 6-8pm. All skill levels are welcome. As artists, we share together a evening of fun and creativity. Bring your favorite vacation photograph to work from, pastel paper and a beginner set of chalk pastels. Fees: $30/member/$35 non-member
Below is a music montage of my eco art. Click on mini purple marsh painting icon below to view!
ECO ART OF THE CAROLINAS THEME born out of inspiration…..
surfaced with my belief in preserving the beauty and health of the environment- the land. My appreciation of the natural beauty in nature was born in my youth when I admired the mists rising off of the Appalachians and the Blue Ridge and grew from my travels. I am drawn to paint various landscapes, marshscapes, seascapes often of wild lands and often including water imagery. My primary subject matter interest began with the ecosystems that represent change between the land and sea, including marsh environments and mangrove forests. I hope via my website to promote awareness of the dynamics that thrive in these fragile ecosystems.
This pastel marsh SOLD this weekend in the APS (Applachain Pastel Society) show in Blowing Rock, NC at Kevin and Judi Beck’s Gallery on mainstreet. Additional works are on display until the end of this month, March 22nd.
I am awakening. We are more than just pure existence of form. Things are becoming clearer. Life is good. I am going to add this image to my website www.rlistudios.com. It is an expression of my mood- happiness and paradoxically, saddness in the present moment.
Whenever something tragic or loss occurs do this- take one small baby step towards doing something special for yourself- and by doing so, you remain open, open to life. Yield to beauty. Surrender to what is. Think of opportunity, the old saying…”when one door closes, another one opens.”
I returned recently from a seaside retreat, hosted by Maureen Ryan Griffin, so refreshed…from taking in the marsh, the cool breeze off the ocean, the night air and the smell of dinner from the nearby restaurants. At 5:30 am, after watching the sunrise over the ocean, the bug got me again and I finished this oil.
I paint with my heart rather than with my head as do most painters; we wear our heart on our sleeve!
FOR INSPIRATION: Here is an incredible and unusual story of a CEO who leads with his heart rather than his head, http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/12/a
_head_with_a_heart/?s_campaign=yahoo
“Eco Art of the Carolinas:” Marshscapes and Mangroves images such as these above can be seen on my website rlistudios.com
