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The day after the Independence Day in 2002, I visited a marina along the Potomac River and saw the scene. The contrast between the brilliant sun-lit boats and those in the shadow made an indelible impression. Full of enthusiasm, I painted a full-sheet watercolor painting, also titled "After Independence Day."
The painting won the Potomac Valley Watercolorists Award (something like the second-place award) in the prestigious American Landscape Show at the Art League Gallery in August 2002! It was before the age of the digital camera; I wasn't much of a photographer either. Unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to get the painting photographed properly in slides before the show.
When the painting got sold on the last day of the show, I didn't know whether I should be happy or sad. Dang! All I have left of the entire exhilarating experience is a snapshot. I took a picture of the picture to prove that I didn't make up the story!
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| "After Independence Day" (watercolor, 22" x 30"; sold) |
I cropped the scene for the new, much smaller, oil painting. Unlike the original watercolor version, for which I did a lot of careful pencil drawing, the new version was done with a minimal pre-drawing. The background is barely suggested in the watercolor painting; in the new painting the background is treated more boldly. The result is that the sun-lit boats are highlighted between the darker values of the background landscape and the foreground boats. So, which painting do you prefer?
So impressive that you can handle both mediums. You know watercolor is my"boyfriend"but I love them both.
ReplyDeleteIt's very big of you. Thanks, Jo, as always!
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