9x9 pastel and watercolor on Uart paperWhy do I paint fields? Why don't I paint those houses that sit right over there? The answer is simple. Fields allow me to make the structure...houses demand that I follow their lines. Did you ever think about why you chose the subject matter you choose?
9 comments:
This is beautiful, Loriann, and your title says it all - my eyes traveled right up the hill to the beautiful blues at top.
Thanks Brian. It seems as if we both like fields. Why do you choose them?
L
Really quite lovely the way you build the field. I like this very much.
Loriann, You paint fields because you know how to present the variety of color and grasses moving from bottom to top, near to far, fingertip to where the eye touches. I like houses too, but I don't always follow their lines.
Bob
Lovely field painting, Loriann. I paint fields because there is a sense of freedom. There is nothing like painting waves of grass and the natural roll of the earth.
I like the sense of space and freedom in open fields. I also enjoy the contrast and mystery of dense trees bordering fields, and the drama of a line of trees separating open fields so that glimpses of distance are visible between the trees.
Dori, Bob,Janelle and Brian, It is really interesting to hear everyone's thoughts about subject matter. I have always felt it is so personal- what we choose and why...even the distance we keep from our subject says a lot. I wonder if anyone has done a study on this topic?
Thanks for your kind words.... and yes the subject is the vehicle.. emotions are what they evoke.
Loriann
I've noticed in myself that given a choice of painting a man-made object or a natural one, I'll always prefer the one made in nature.
Jala, What quality does the nature made object possess?
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