"Shadows in the Wind"
6" x 6"
oil on Raymar canvasboard
for sale at ETSY HERE
Continuing to attempt a different idea with my portraits and figurative paintings...this one is painted from a photo I took YEARS ago, when I was taking portraiture classes with Dodie Rufner/Ballentine in Colorado. I was fortunate enough to go to the model's home, pick her up and drive her across Denver to Littleton, to our painting session. She was dressed, as you can see - in full tribal dress. I remember her being very quiet. If I remember right, Cherokee? And because I don't remember I will research and be sure about it before I state it definitely. I have class notes somewhere in the studio...
maybe the information I need is there.
The photos I took that night and the opportunity to paint her from a live session have given me MILES of painting pleasure. I remember I have painted her in different poses maybe 7 times over the past 30 years. I only have one painting that is still with me.
She is painted with 'eagles' in the wind. These last two paintings may GO bigger this winter. I like the bold colors of this one. I have so many ideas in my head for the next one...I can't decide which one. It may be an eeny-meeny-minee-moe. This is me, who usually has to reach and stretch so far for the next idea. So, keep em coming muse!!
I LOVE this time of year...the haze in the morning, the cooler temps, the good sleeping weather that it is!! The trees here are gaining in the yellow/orange change. Because the drought left this area so drab and colorless all summer, it's a good thing! How is it where you live?
