Pair of Oranges, L. Daniel, 9 x 6
My last session at the Weekend with the Masters was a still life class with Quang Ho. Ho is a great painter, teacher, author, and just an incredible thinker overall. Listening to his ideas about painting and creativity is inspirational. He encourages artists to strive for "maximum randomness"... to look for variety and complexity in each area of a painting. Most importantly, he experiments. He is always open to new approaches and simply knows how to play when he works. "Play" is a really good goal and so easy to forget.
In these two paintings, I tried to experiment with color and edges. The top one was my second attempt and favorite (I was definitely in play mode).
Fruit Toss, L. Daniel, 9 x 12
Lucky girl! I love what you absorbed.
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful, and so "dreamy." Thank you for sharing what you learned,and the lovely results. It is amazing that you were able to inculcate his lessons into your own style, so quickly!
ReplyDeleteLove them both and thanks for the reminder to play!
ReplyDeleteThese are good Laurel. I need to remind myself to "play" too.
ReplyDeleteThese orange are fabulous! This reminds me of Lorraine Shirkus' works.
ReplyDeleteWould you let me purchase that still life of the oranges (top image)? I am seriously enamored.
ReplyDeleteVery nice paintings!
ReplyDeleteboth fabulous but the oranges are my favorite. Loose and fresh with not a hint of mud.
ReplyDeleteI love the reflected light in the shadows of the oranges. Also, the cast shadows are full of color and therefore interesting. Thanks for sharing what you learned in the workshop. It looks like you definitely had fun.
ReplyDeleteOK, I'm jealous. Quang Ho lives and works only about 40 minutes from me, and I've never been able to take any workshops with him (too expensive, unfortunately). But I've met him at his opening at one of his Denver galleries.
ReplyDeleteWhile I love the saturation of the colors in the bottom one, I, too, love the top painting of oranges and the representational quality of the paint.
ReplyDeleteLove you,
Erin
I love both these still lifes but the 2 oranges are really striking. "Maximum randomness" will stay with me and thanks for the reminder to play. Love Quang Ho's work.
ReplyDeleteWow! I really love these. So beautiful and portrays such leisure.
ReplyDeleteWow, I love that loose still life!
ReplyDeleteYep play mode is fun. I tend to play half the time I paint lol. Love the oranges and getting some of that orange here and there makes vibrant a winner indeed. Deffinitely do more of these!!
ReplyDelete~Kirby