Post by Laraine Saedi
Re: Back garden
Great texture Jane. I like it as it is you don't want to detract from the defined shapes which you have.
Back garden
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This is only postcard size. It’s polyfilla scraped down with a palette knife and then coated with gesso. Paint was put on with a palette knife. Now should I do more?
The sky is at the top!
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Post by Alice Walker
Re: Back gardenI think this works well as it is Jane, with great texture and contrast. When you ask should I do more -I would say yes but new compositions. If it is relatively small (you said postcard size) then a series of three or four different views of your garden, using the same approach would be really interesting and enable you to explore and push the technique further. When I was in Vienna there was a massive exhibition in the Leopold Museum of national Richard Gerstl -I wonder if you have come across him? He used paint in a similarly textural and abstract way in his garden and landscape paintings. You might find it instructive to look at his work.
Post by Jane Thompson
Richard GerstlI certainly remember the Leopold which is memorable both inside and out! The Gerstl paintings are great. The texture is luscious. I’ll have a go but I’ll be lucky to come up with something half as good! Luckily I made quite a few boards in different sizes.1 commentReply to
Re: Richard GerstlI felt similar copying a Klimt....