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!

"FIVE PINES" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA LANDSCAPE OF PINE TREES © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Five Pines"

12"x25" x 1 3/4" deep

Oil and paper on cradled panel

$400 + $20 shipping and handling in the US

Available in my WEBSITE

 

I drive by a house near our C-470 quite often.  A house has sat near the highway for years.  One day the owner built a berm and put pine trees on top.  It looked so nice I had to stop and take a few photos; well, I didn't actually stop...I drove by with my camera facing the berm and snapped without looking! HA.  I was lucky I got a good enough shot to create "Five Pines"...I enjoy the buttery"ness" of the sky and the color in the foreground that implies movement.  A fun take on the pine!

 

It started out with sky in oil and paper in, well, paper...lol

 

I stained the sides a nice green that compliments the painting perfectly!

"Five Pines" is ready to hang, or, because of it's unique depth it can actually sit on a shelf or mantle!

 

HAPPY CREATING!