My Quiet Place

"My Quiet Place" 5" x 7" Oil on hardboard

Near my home is a place where waterlilies toss their leaves about like breadcrumbs on water. It's a quiet place, but certainly not a drab one when the sky is strutting her stuff. 

I've painted this pond several times before, but it always gives me such comfort when I do, that I revisit my photos periodically.

Carol

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Serenity Pond II

"Serenity Pond II" 12" x 12" Oil on wrapped canvas

I revisited this pond today—in paint only. It's quite frozen and gloomy in reality. Every feature that made it worth painting in the first place has died. Replaced by grey sticks, grey sky and grey ice.  No, it's no longer a place of serenity, but dread.  So I cheered myself by deceiving myself into a late summer mindset.  What harm is that?

The first time I painted this, besides using a smaller square format, I used a different palette of colors. It's not better or worse, just different.  I'm tempted now to enlarge it one more time to a 24" x 24" piece and do it in great detail.  I just may do that.

Carol

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Breaking the Silence

"Breaking the Silence" 8" x  8" Oil on gessoed hardboard

Late in the summer, when the chlorophyll-makers peter out, it's nice to observe the subtleties in nature's quiet places.  Morning whispers her sweet words to break the silence of night.


This is my third small reflective water piece.  I'm not sure if it's out of my system yet, or not.  We'll see when I waken tomorrow!

Thank you for joining me here today.
Carol

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Daniel Wright Pond

"Daniel Wright Pond" 20" x 16" Oil on wrapped canvas

It was early autumn. I had been chasing blue pond reflections all summer and waiting for less green in my landscapes.  The lily blooms were fading, but my paintbrush knew how to freshen and revive them with a flick.  


I love being in this space where water, trees, vegetation and sky can be seen without special permissions.  It's a public place.  It's safe and available—within a reasonable proximity to my home.

This pond painting can be seen on my gallery page on Dailypaintworks, where it's also for sale.

Thank you for dipping your toes here today.
Carol