The Maroon Bells

"The Maroon Bells"
30" x 38"
Oil on Hardboard
Unless there are changes from my clients, this will be the final posting of The Maroon Bells, two of the "fourteeners" in Colorado. It's been fun to show you the progress as I've painted this piece for them. Thank you for your comments throughout the process. 

Carol

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Work in progress

Work in progress
30" x 38"
oil on hardboard
The Maroon Bells commission piece is progressing nicely.  It's useful to photograph it and look at it in miniature, like this, from time to time, too.  I see things when it's down small that would otherwise be missed.  I also drop the colour, too, so it's shades of grey—useful in checking the values—lights and darks. 

 Carol

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IN PROGRESS

IN PROGRESS
30" x 38"
Oil on hardboard
The mountains were not prominent enough for my clients, so I brought them a little closer. Would that I could move mountains in my day to day life!  

 I've applied a base coat of color to the whole panel with my little snippets of sponge.  Tomorrow I'll employ my Rosemary & Company brushes to chisel out some of the details that will begin to bring The Maroon Bells to life—stroke by stroke.

Carol

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The Maroon Bells

"The Maroon Bells"
16" x 20"
Acrylic on stretched canvas
It was September, the aspens had changed their green coinage for gold.  The sun zapped orange at the tips of The Maroon Bells and the shadows responded appropriately in an array of violets and purple.  

This is a knife painting I cobbled from a stack of autumn photos of The Maroon Bells peaks in Colorado.  It was a larger painting than I'm used to doing with a knife, but enjoyable.

Carol

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