"Logic is one dimensional, creativity is not. Often in Artwork and also in life it's only by working through the process that we begin to satisfy questions leading to a solution". (Nikki)

"Trust your intuition, it's just like going fishin'; you cast your line and hope you get a bite". (Paul Simon)

"...the painting has a life of its own. My mission is to bring forth this life". (Jackson Pollock)

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Magic Hour

July 17, 2008

                                  Magic Hour , one of the Haida totems downtown Victoria, B.C., Canada, 60 x 40 x 3 Acrylics on wrapped canvas. Phase 2, work in progress.

Magic Hour, the top half of one of the magnificent totem poles of the First Nations of Coastal British Columbia in Thunderbird Park near the Inner Harbor downtown Victoria, B.C. 60 x 40 x 3 Acrylics on wrapped canvas. Phase 2, work in progress.

I began sketching with an Alizarine Crimson and Red Oxide base, and drawing is mapped with brushes rather than laying out the composition beforehand. Not adhering to a rigid plan allows for a loose manner and spontaneous surprises; the process is organic, and though I need to work from photos, relies mainly on emotional memory and response to the subject, here still fresh in mind. We were there a week ago, probably the best time of day to take in the experience: just as the sun set. I changed the tree silhouette to a typical B.C. horizon of tall Red Cedar, whereas the trees in that park are Maples.

Categories: Canada, acrylic painting, history/multicultural theme, sunsets, travel, trees, work in progress |

One Response to “Magic Hour”

  1. Virginia Wieringa Says:
    July 19th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Awesome start.

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