Prop Storage and Horse Trailer
Now that I've recovered from the SLO thing (and writing about it,) here are a few PA's I did before I left. I've been panting pretty steady since I got back, but those paintings still have to dry. No stories to tell on these, they are both done in a little equestrian area just off Los Feliz near Chevy Chase. both are 9x12 oil on linenboard. I usually work small in PA , but was warming up for the SLO deal.
posted by william wray at 8:41 PM
25 Comments:
Ya that trailer looks great. I really get a lot of warmth from this painting. Looking really nice. Do you ever sell your work online?
Good stuff. THe horse trailer brings back memories of stables as a kid.
Really like both paintings. Great division of darks versus light. Also admire to tonal range.
Dean
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thanks Quin,
You can buy any painting from me if it hasen't gone out to a gallery.
Jessie,
They have there own little world, kind of like clowns and Gypsies. Restricted membership.
Thanks Dean,
Two things I'm working on to improve.
Looks nice! I love the contrasting colors in the second painting. The yellow lighting against the blue and purple shadows is great. I love your lighting in most of your paintings.
I've been enjoying your landscapes -- not just for your way with paint, but with your subject matter. So interesting, and unexpected. After all, it's not just how we paint, but what we paint. I enjoy your work very much, william.
I really like the one on top, William. Just the right notes of color and value.
Hey Shawn,
Light is one of the most important things in a painting to me. Even when I'm trying to go more abstract, I like the light to be strong.
VHM,
I think it's both, but your right the subject in itself is not enough to be interesting for me. A horse trailer isn't that interesting, but solving a graphic problem with composition is... the shapes of the shadows leading us into the painting, the dumpsters pointing to the trailer and the stable behind form a kind of "s" shape the eye likes to follow. Everyone like strong sunlight and shadows and if you happen to like horses it can have a added touch of nostalgia for you.
Thanks R. C.
That one accually made it to the living room wall.
I agree totally about lighting. I usually go for drastic changes in light/shadow myself (though lately I've been hitting midtones like friggin crazy).
Were these done in morning or afternoon?
Oh yeah, two more things--I like the detail of the broken windows, and what the hell is that red thing in the corner of the first one by the trees?
BG-- Morning on the first, afternoon on the second.
that red blob is a roughed in flatbed that I ran out of room to define.
These are super sweet. the sense of light, place and mood come across very well.
thanks Brian,
You have a pretty good sense of light yourself.
Love your work.
Thanks Louis,
Your doing some nice work too.
nice man - very nice
Lovely use of color. Great job.
I like the variety of browns on the top one, and that foreground shadow on the bottom one really pulls the viewer in.
thanks Miles , I was to tired to make the trip , but will one day.
Hey Tony,
I'm impressed you found time to visit despite hanging your show today-- good luck to you and Aaron next Saturday.
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