Quiet Visitor

“Quiet Visitor”        5 x 7    Oil    $105   © Sharon Lewis

                    I’m trying to get more used to plein air painting because I enjoy being outside (except in the depth of a Georgia summer) and I learn valuable art skills – like how to simplify a scene and more accurate depictions of colors, light, and shadows. It’s still hard for me to paint in public when I’m on my own as people always want to see what I’m painting. I still remember a woman coming up to me after hours of painting on the beach. I had done several paintings of the ocean earlier and was trying to make some uninteresting dunes more interesting by changing the scene. She looked at where I was looking and looked at my painting obviously puzzled. To her credit she didn’t say anything but her facial expression conveyed, “What the hell???” and maybe even a little, “Poor thing! She thinks she can paint”. Fortunately for my ego, I liked that painting and it later sold to someone else who also liked my imaginary arrangement of dunes. 

                   This painting is my backyard with a bunny I saw conveniently hiding in the grasses.

                   Happy Weekend!