I wanted to do a portrait with drama in it. I’m bored with the typical straight-on face with washed-out lighting. The subject in this painting was lit with only one candle. Her face is at an angle. The highlights in the eyes and on her bottom lip bring it to life.
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When I was a little boy, I loved a song called “In the Leafy Treetops.” The second verse says “In my pretty garden the flowers are nodding. They’re first to see the sun they must tell everyone, in my pretty garden the flowers are nodding.” (Children’s Songbook, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). My own wildflower gardens are so beautiful and they make me very happy.
The use of contrast gives drama to the painting. The background is dark, the petals are light. I painted this as though I was at ground level rather than looking down from above.
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I love boats and I ADORE England. In my mind, rain makes everything beautiful, so here is a rainy boat scene in an English Harbor.
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My daughter makes a very yummy salad. The last time we had it, I couldn’t get over how beautiful it was. That’s why I decided to paint it. I’ve tried to show highlight and shadow to give it depth. Note the different shades of color in each object.
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This is my third annual self-portrait. The first can be seen on the January 2, 2012 post. The second is January 20, 2013. I’m continuing a tradition started by my wife. She knew that Rembrandt and Frida Kahlo did an annual portrait, so I’m doing it too.
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My sister, Barbara became a young widow at age twenty-nine. She had two children she had to raise by herself. After many years, she married a widower named Reid. They had a delightful time together. She felt the love and fulfillment she had missed for so long. After about thirteen years, Reid suddenly passed away. The day he died, I started painting this portrait. I hope it gives my sister some comfort and some wonderful memories of the past.
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My daughter is really into fingernail polish. She loves to do all kinds of designs with it. People who visit her end up with exotic fingernails and toenails. If you go to her house you’ll see quite a collection of nail polish containers.
I’ve done this painting by breaking everything down into shapes, then matching colors.
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This painting was done exclusively with the primary colors — in other words, I used plain red, plain yellow and plain blue. All the colors were mixed with them alone. The glass, apple and metal pieces were done by looking at the objects and finding the shapes I saw in them. After that, I painted those shapes in the colors they actually were.
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