When life gives you lemons, draw them, 11 x 14 inches dry pastels, graphite on paper

"When life gives you lemons, draw them". (Nikki)

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Dancing With Trees 03

February 19, 2009

Your Majesty, top detail of 85 x 45 x 3 inches Acrylics on canvas

Your Majesty, central detail of 85 x 45 x 3 inches Acrylics on canvas

Your Majesty, bottom detail of 85 x 45 x 3 inches Acrylics on canvas

Your Majesty, signature piece for the Majesty of Trees solo exhibition, 85 x 45 x 3 inches Acrylics on canvas

Dancing With Trees 03, 85 x 45 x 3 inches acrylics on canvas, wrapped sides painted, framed. Signature piece for the Dancing With Trees (formerly ‘The Majesty of Trees’) solo exhibition.  There is no black in this painting; the darkest areas are dioxazine purple. Aside from a couple of areas that are still questionable this painting is now finished. Specifically: I’m not sure about adding shadows and contrast on the bark of the main trees because it may take away from the cheerful expression of colors.

Progress in previous posts:  January 19th and 30th

I’d also like to change the name of the exhibition to Dancing With Trees because I discovered there is a book with the title ‘Majesty of Trees’; I don’t want it to seem plagiarized, but also the new  title seems overall more suitable for the collection. All the proposals from now on will be entitled Dancing With Trees , but the show still opens under the original one.

* Thanks Karen for your perspective, I really do appreciate it *

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2 Responses to “Dancing With Trees 03”

  1. KarenX Says:
    February 20th, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    Love it! Re: adding contrasts/shadows to bark of main tree…when in doubt: leave it alone (at least for a while). From where I sit, there are plenty of darks enough in the background, leaving nice contrast between the main trees and it…adding shadows on the bark might “overwork” it and detract from the beautiful COLOURS you’ve used…but what do I know?

  2. Nikkico Says:
    February 20th, 2009 at 3:24 pm

    You know a lot, c’mon Karen, you are so modest. Your point of view means a lot – it’s good to hear advice from another Artist. It would be too easy to start tidying up the loose ends, so thank you for your 2 cents and you 6th sense.

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