Thursday, October 13, 2011

celebration

This is a commission piece for a friend. She is surprising her husband with this painting for his birthday. He is a big hunter and has made a few trips to Africa. Lets pretend that Mike killed the hyena that was terrorizing the local village and they are celebrating their hero. In reality, this is a celebration of some type of kill. The guides lift the celebrant in a chair and wave branches. I love the look of happiness on Mike's and the guide's faces. Mike is a great guy and I hope he likes his surprise. This is painted on a 20 x 24" linen canvas. The picure is not the clearest. I have a hard time photographing bigger works. And...with dropping them and having to paint parts over because they were smudged. #$%#$#$#
On to another interesting commission piece. Can't wait to share the next story with you.

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10 comments:

  1. This is wonderful Carol, Mike is sure to be thrilled...can't wait to hear the next story too!

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  2. Wow, Carol -- this is stunning! What a great story also. You captured their happy expressions so well.

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  3. Love the expression on Mike's face and the whole composition. Lots of fun variety in this with colors and shadow shapes. You always make me smile and I recommend your blog as one to follow that has wonderful art and fun stories.

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  4. You really have captured the essence of this painting. Plus, it is such a wonderful analogous color scheme. The colors just sing!

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  5. Wonderful painting! This will be more exciting to Mike than the kill was, a forever reminder of the moment. Keep the stories coming—love them!

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  6. This is a great piece; I bet he'll love it! I know what you mean about photographing larger pieces. Unless you have all the lights and equipment, it's hard to do produce a good image.

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  7. What fun..and so much you captured in this piece. i am sure the clients are elated with it! Thanks for sharing the story too

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  8. Echoing Dana, Carol. Love the greens in this piece too.

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  9. So well done! The body language is awesome! He is sure to love this.

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  10. what a beautiful spontaneous expressiveness. such a joyous painting!

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