2012 SEPTEMBER BLOG
NATURE AND GEOMETRY is the theme, DARK TULIPS is the title of my latest 30" x 30" canvas. My challenge of choice is to marry these two interests, nature and geometry, in my painting compositions. I'm looking for design elements in ordinary subjects to enhance my drawing with rhythm, contrast, and repetition. Also looking for opportunities to inject my painting with greater freedom of color. (Perhaps I should have saved this painting for Halloween, the colors are right but it's not scary enough!) This painting was photographed on the exterior wall of my studio. For painters choosing to work in nature, my belief is that these studio exercises, requiring one to be very intentional about selection of color and shapes or geometry, will influence future compositions in a positive way. Like a musician practicing scales or a writer studying grammar, I believe all artists need to work on their skills. Daughter Laura Barrow and I will be leading a group at Good Shepherd E