"A Place of Memory"

"A Place of Memory"

36" x 60"

This painting was a challenge for all kinds of reasons..one I had a very short time to complete a big painting in order to get it to my dealer in Friday Harbour! And my painting style is shifting and so I wasnt sure about the results..I really used a lot of palette knife..i guess after a year of getting tighter and more refined in my painting..i am wanting to break out and use more texture and roughness..inspired by a very beautiful place in New Zealand, on my way to Able Tasman Park.

Filled up with blue

36" x 36" diptych
2008 acrylic on canvas sold
This is one of a series of paintings inspired by standing on the very edge of the sand and feeling surrounded by the blue of the water and sky, sort of consumed by it. The colour blue seems to signify a negative emotion..but i think that blue is beautiful and all beautiful things have a tinge of sadness..perhaps because they are so tempory.