Wings Over Winecountry, Colleen's place (1 Viewer)

JTMB · Apr 9, 2011

Nicely done, Colleen - especially in such a small format! There is a very noticeable progression in your work over the last year - the combination of your focus on your subject and working with Johannes has really pushed your abilities and results.

colleenc · Apr 9, 2011

Lykos said:
great ,your paintings are in every time full of power

the seagulls...one sitting in the stones in the landscape and another fly over the stones in the water :cat:

greetings Gaby

good idea Gaby when it's dry, I'll try that, if I get it wrong I can wipe it out and try again.

solitaryVSong · Apr 11, 2011

mattybohan said:
very nice color work

Looks good Colleen and as Matty says very nice color work.

Woody · Apr 12, 2011

Another very successful study Colleen. I agree that gulls would add the final touch giving the scene an accent and lending scale.

Mike

colleenc · Apr 13, 2011

yes I now understand why there are so many seagulls in seascapes they need a cue for scale, people on the beach serve too.

Today sketching at Ellis Ponds, what strange results, like drawing whispers.....don't know why and the cinnamon teal is so fragile one more line would do it in

Woody · Apr 13, 2011

What a fabulous couple of sketches! Simple, straightforward captures of real experiences. Welcome back from the wilderness seascapes Colleen. :t:

Mike

timwootton · Apr 13, 2011

Your venture into seascapes has been an absolute delight to follow - I can see this being your muse for many seasons to come. As Mike says - welcome back to bird sketching and if these two are anyting to go by, the break has only sharpened your eye and developed your sensitivity. These really are terrific!

halftwo · Apr 13, 2011

colleenc said:
Today sketching ...like drawing whispers.....

Lovely evocative words, Colleen.

Apodemus · Apr 13, 2011

Somehow I missed that tiny plein air, but it's lovely. The teal is just as you describe it - a drawn whisper.

solitaryVSong · Apr 13, 2011

Woody said:
What a fabulous couple of sketches! Simple, straightforward captures of real experiences. Welcome back from the wilderness seascapes Colleen. :t:

Mike

Really very nice Colleen. It seems like your time away from birds has really paid off. These have a very sure touch to them.

buzzard12 · Apr 13, 2011

solitaryVSong said:
Really very nice Colleen. It seems like your time away from birds has really paid off. These have a very sure touch to them.

Yes very nice, just enough. Tremendous roundness and form Colleen...

colleenc · Apr 13, 2011

thank you all for the sweet welcome, my sketches are really different from before..... it's a relief that somehow my hand is more alive and aware than last year even tho it's been so long.

I wonder if this soft almost tentative scribbling is somehow my way or if it is just a reflection of how uncertain my life and even life in general is so uncertain right now....or maybe it's the radiation from Japan:-C

nickderry · Apr 15, 2011

whatever it is - these new sketches are showing a lot more freedom in them - and are stronger for it.

colleenc · Apr 16, 2011

Thanks Nick there is a lot of validation for my work right now.

I entered 4 pieces in a nice local show of about 300 works and got a first in oils and and 2nd and 3rd in pastel( the first place pastel was best in show, a landscape by a local very well known artist) It was my first outing in the local art scene so it was nice that jurors put the animals up there, with the landscape and still life.

I think I've posted them here before, but here are the 3 winners, at least one was a bird. These are all older works from the last 2 years, my landscape is not ready for public view yet.

nickderry · Apr 16, 2011

congratulations! these images all demand attention, so it's no wonder they were picked and did so well.

timwootton · Apr 16, 2011

Well done Colleen - these are all seriously good images.

solitaryVSong · Apr 16, 2011

Can only agree with Tim and Nick! I'm often not taken with closely cropped views of animals like the first. But I think you've been very successful with it. There's a real sense of presence and solidity to it. Quite a nice collection of work. It's nice to see that it got some recognition.

KathrinJ · Apr 16, 2011

Wow! Great paintings indeed! Congratulations. The cheetah looks great - you captured the rapid movement of the scene perfectly. Like it very much!

Best wishes,
Kathrin

colleenc · Apr 16, 2011

solitaryVSong said:
I'm often not taken with closely cropped views of animals like the first. .

Me either, but this one has a special part that probably got it picked, in the reflections of the eye is me, 2 kids and all the surrounding landscape, so I had to be close up to get the eye big enough to paint all that in.

mattybohan · Apr 16, 2011

Colors on the giraffe are perfect. It almost glows.

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