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| Prairie Wetlands, 30x30, acrylic on canvas |
This large prairie painting was the third in my new skyscape series. Emotionally I was still finding my way, still surprised by the joy I felt, and coming to accept this feeling of being set free as my new normal.
I think this is well expressed here in this piece by the nature of the clouds. They seem joyous to me, full and uplifted as they drift happily over the prairie landscape. And although I have painted many a stretch of open land, this one was different from any other before it, whereby there was water, and a marshy effect, as it meandered toward the horizon.
I was exciting by this new discovery, absolutely loved the way the cool of the blue mixed with the raw earthiness of the darker browns and greens; absolutely loved the way it seemed to go on forever. There was a vastness here, space to breathe.
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| Wetlands, 30x30, acrylic on canvas |
Next came this stormy piece simply titled 'Wetlands'. Like most of these skyscape paintings it was purely spontaneous. I started in one spot and just built around it until a full image appeared. And again I played with this idea of water on land, and marsh. So I brought in new colours, brighter fieldier colours of rust and gold grasses.
The feeling of vastness here again was just what I needed. There could be no obstacle like mountains in the distance. The flat, flat never ending horizon was just perfect. And although it's a stormy piece, there is again a joyousness in this display of nature, in shaking things up.
The second painting is still available.
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