REWORKED "FIVE PINES" MIXED MEDIA ON CRADLED PANEL © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Five Pines"

12"x25"

mixed media on cradled panel

Available through my website

As I often do when a work stays home with me for awhile, I've reworked it a little.  It is the hazard or blessing that belongs to the creator of the work I suppose!  I like this MUCH better!  I was always bothered a little by the colors I chose for the sky, and I felt the body of the work needed a little brightening.  This all falls in line with my working with brighter colors and using a bit more pattern

or texture.  You will see that the sky is now a beautiful turquoisy blue with some bit of pattern throughout.  I brought the color of the sky down into the land a bit and repeated texture here and there for added interest and a unifying touch.  I also removed the garish looking yellow that bugged me too and toned it down a bit while keeping it light. 

 

previous version...this photo makes the sky color look two toned, in reality it was all more the blue to the left and the foreground was a little dark...just didn't appeal to me.  I also added a few highlights to the trees. 

It's ok if you were attached to the earlier version (though that no longer exists), but for my growth as an artist I need that brighter color with more texture!

HAPPY CREATING!

RED aspen piece step one

 

Step one of this piece involved putting some strong color on the bottom with softer tones gradated as I went up.

Yes, in case you are wondering, it will be another aspen piece.  I'm enjoying working in different color schemes to bring as many different seasons into what I love as possible.  I'm going to make a new aspen stamp today to put into the background before I begin to add papers that I think will add to the implied texture and movement behind those things I love SO much...the TREE!

I have a demo coming up next week for a local art guild where I only have ONE hour to show my process...so it is good to have things in various stages to give the audience as clear a picture as possible of what I do...FUN DOINS!

HAPPY CREATING!