The painting process is nearing the finish line. For this larger painting (2'x3') it has been in some weeks of work - in between other things of life - like my daily job!
This one started out with a reference picture I took nearby ~ which was January drab. Everything gray and overcast. I began by working out a composition from my photos.
Then, I planned the basic color palette - for this one a split complementary. Yellows with violet-red and violet-blue. I wanted to push the color into places where I did not see it in the reference photos.
The more important thing than color in a landscape is value. If I get the values right - then the color is pretty secondary... it still ends up being a believable painting. And in working with color in a more vivid dramatic way, I am speaking a message that I want to convey.
Joy - Freedom - Peace - but also energy, which is seen in the purposeful and bold brush marks.
As I was working on this painting, I began to think about how God may have created his beautiful work of art - earth's surface with vegetation and topography ~ full of life! And yet - what we see isn't always this kind of beauty. But perhaps, vibrancy is how He intended us to see it!
Perhaps a radiant color and glorious light is really how it was created to be.
What if that is how it will one day be restored?
These are thoughts that have been infused into this painting - and they represent a truth about our Creator...
He has good intentions toward us. He has good intentions toward his creation. His good intentions are peace, fullness, well-being, flourishing, thriving, joy, goodness ~ the reality of all being just as it should be.
All of it represents Hope - for us now and for the future.
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