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“Turquoise Ribbon” 8” x
10” Pastel $75.00
© Sharon Lewis Click Here to Purchase |
I love the whole idea of “artistic license”! It sounds like
we artists have permission to do almost anything. It sounds so tremendously
freeing… and in a way it is. In a sense, it’s also where the real work of
creativity comes in. My goal as a landscape artist is not to copy exactly from
any photos I might have (if that’s what
I’m working from). Instead I want to communicate to the viewer something of
what I might have felt from being in that environment. Or I might want to make
a landscape more interesting than what is conveyed in the photo.
Today’s
painting is an example of this. This painting is based on some photos I took on
a trip from Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada to Prince Edward Island. We passed
near some interesting marshes but the photos really didn’t convey this at all. So, I changed the course of the water to make
it look more like the beautiful turquoise ribbon of water I remember. I hope
you can feel the warmth of that sunny day and see the beautiful blue sky,
neither of which we had here today. Ahhh, I love artistic license!
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