I have really enjoyed these grape paintings, they have been truly demanding. The color complements are fascinating, a very complex series of color triads that produced a natural harmony.
Seeing the bunch of grapes as a whole or mass and dealing with the individual reflective effects is not easy. Funny, is it not, how things you think will be a breeze to paint turn into some of your biggest challenges.
Painting for me is all about solving a set of visual
problems, solve those visual problems and a likeness of your initial impression
will emerge. Even so there are times I just have to sit and observe my subject
and decide how much more to push, or should I even dare to push it more.
Have I said everything I needed the image to say?. Is it saying what the image was
suppose to convey? Have I kept to the “big” idea that attracted me in the
first place? Am I done? Sometimes I think it is best to leave the entire
visual stimulus, and return later with a fresh eye and mind. So for the time being this will be a work in progress.
“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Explore - Question - Learn - Enjoy, Jim
