The latest painting in the series. I suppose I should give the series an actual name. Until then it continues to be an exercise in expanding small elements of cameras beyond what the un-aided eye can see. By isolating these details the paintings express different ideas that would not otherwise be exposed.
I know I like looking at other artists work and thumbnails don’t give a very good sense of the brushwork so here is a deep zoom of my painting that will be at the Langley Centennial Museum and National Exhibition Centre June 11 to Aug 24 2011. http://wkoopmans.ca/Deep_Zoom/daffodil_time/embed.html
I’ve been working on this painting all this week and aside from several minor corrections, that will really just be a stroke here and there, it’s done. It’s my daughter Charlotte’s birthday so I asked here to name it and she called it “Daffodil Time”. I’m hoping to submit it to “Hooves, Ploughs and Planted Fields.” a juried show that will be held at the Langley Centennial Museum. I don’t usually do that or work under such a tight deadline but I’m pleased with the result.
It’s almost hard to believe that this is the method that was used for flash photography not so many years ago.
I’ve been thinking about this image for a while but was spurred on because I wanted to submit it for an exhibition. So I put paint to canvas last month and finished it today, Earth day. This is my interpretation of the view of a quarry on a local mountain (Sumas Mountain). The location is on the back side away from the view of most of the population of Abbotsford. It didn’t just happen over night and that’s perhaps why it goes largely unnoticed, growing slow enough to seem as if it was always there. This area has seen mining before in the form of brick clay mining starting over 100 years ago, but most evidence of that is now gone.
I did this little oil sketch this weekend as an ode to spring. The crocus flowers are now blooming and more variaties will soon follow.
I have no idea who this is, or more acurately who this painting of a photographic representation of a person depicts. Yah I just typed that. I find it interesting how some of us cling to memories and others just let them go. This is actually the first of these paintings that I have finished from photo’s I have found I’m sure that things will evolve as I continue.
I really enjoy seeing how other people paint and the different states that a painting has. I sometimes take pictures while I’m painting and thought I would share this one. As you can see I did do some thin under painting in order to get the elements in place. I followed this with heavier direct painting and then finally some more details like the scratches on the clear plastic. Also you can see that I completely re-located the word MONTH.
This is a view of the tailings pond of the Highland Valley copper mine, euphemistically refered to as the valley impoundment. As you may notice I’ve titled this as number one, I intend to paint others including hopefully this site in the future.
Detail from Highland Valley Copper Mine (I)
I have to admit I like buying art supplies. I like it even more when they are on sale. I added a few new pigments to my palette and bolstered several others that I was running low on. If this isn’t reason enough to do some more painting then maybe I need some new brushes.
