Old Church, Bodie
Oil on linen 16x20
I have different themed painting from the same trip as the last blog Entry. Above Mammoth Lakes is one of the largest Ghost Towns in California, despite the majority of it burning down in the early sixties. It’s part of the park system and well worth a visit if you’re in the area. I’ve been working on getting enough “Western Themed" paintings to try and enter the annual Western show they have at the Autry Museum. I have two trains done and am working on some buildings. Here is the first one done with traditional Broken color Impressionism in mind.
Labels: Bode, Ghost Town, Western Impressionism
posted by william wray at 3:26 PM
17 Comments:
Another nice one! "Impressionism": That's exactly what I had in mind when I first saw the pic BEFORE reading your text! Thumbs up!
That point where the light hits the dumpster and the edge of the building just knocks me out. Solid...
Yeah, beautiful. The Mig fighter is great too; pink or pinkish but very aggressive. Love all the painterliness as usual too, always worth clinking for the enlargement.
If you are talking about the Jean Autry Museum, I accidentally ran into it on a road trip with a friend over 38 years ago! While inside, Jean himself came walking through, and I got his autograph!! As I remember, its in the desert and there is a statue of Trigger in front of the bldg.
this is like an A+ lesson in composition..and them strokes are like building blocks mortared with mescaline...the foreground building shadow colours are dry and melty?
Looks like one of the towns that Glanton and his men rode into (or onto as it were...) in Blood Meridian.
Great broken color, Bill....The bell tower with the surprise intense greens really rocks!
Dean
The brush work on this is very tactile and pleasing.
Just beautiful Bill, love the trailer painting as well . . . awesome color and texture!
Your colors knock me out! Excellent compositions, and I like your handling of the paint.
Strongly reminds me of one of Monet's haystack paintings. Gorgeous light.
I like the color, looks good.
Love the light in this one!
thanks Thor, Glad I passed the test.
Thnaks Van, Glad I sent you.
thanks AG
Thanks Clive the jets may be a little harder sell as they don't fit any catagory.
David that's the place, you will have to settle for his ghost now.... ;-)
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