You know, I've been entering shows in my local artist guild gallery every month for over a year and never won an award...for anything. I would kid others that even if no one else entered but me I'd somehow lose. Well, my streak is over. I finally won an award...First Place, for "Red Sky Over Field".
This came as a big surprise because this painting was really to try out doing some impasto work in the sky area....not that I thought it wise to do but just wanted to try impasto painting with a knife out. I thought the results were pretty cool and a lot of other artists seemed to like it too.
Last month I entered a small 8"x10" into the show which didn't win an award but I got a call telling me it had sold at the gallery. I was hoping the call about winning the award was to tell me this one had sold...hahaha. Surprise, surprise.
This is good news of course....the last 2 months have been full of good news. Sales are up, I got picked up by a gallery north of here, Gallery In The Vines, so I now have gallery respresentation. Also, the first week there I sold 2 paintings. So, things are getting better!
I can see why this won, Ron! What a gorgeous, warm, inviting painting. The sky is perfect. Congratulations!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Celeste. Working witha knife to apply the paint was new to me and in a way hypnotic. You can really find yourself just waving it back and forth seeing what variation you get with each pass over and over. It's a really interesting technique.
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Ron.. congrats on winning an award with this piece. It has a nice composition, and the the warmth in the sky is inviting.
ReplyDeleteHi Michael,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments. I'm still reeling from the news!
Great painting Ron-no surprise that it did well
ReplyDeleteTHe composition is really strong and the colours work very harmoniously. I love knife painting too- something about the texture effects you can get. THere was a guy on WC from Spain about 6 months ago doing some really beautiful work- I'll try and find a link
Well done again
Ryan
Hi Ryan, thanks for the comments. I know the guy you're talking about...he did a couple of marine paintings that are great.
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