Hope's Art Journey

  "Sunset at Suwannee" is 16 x 40 on gallery-wrapped canvas.  As you see from the last post, I painted the sky first to set the tone for the rest of the painting.  The marsh on a horizontal painting like this is challenging.  Not only did I have to lighten the tones, I had to create a pattern that was interesting.  It had to be more than straight lines across the canvas.  I added "puddles" of water which caused a break in the marshes and lead your eye into the painting.  In essence, it is what I saw over several nights rather than [...]

  This is a 16 by 40 canvas.  The painting has been commissioned by a friend in Suwannee, Florida and is the view from his back porch.  As most of you know, when you take a photograph of a sunset like this, the foreground is nearly black.  But, when you are there, you can see shades of grey, dark green and maybe some pinks.  My challenge was to lighten the foreground of the photo so I would have a pattern of grasses to paint from  Here is the photo:  Of course it had to be cropped.  And, I had to make sure [...]

    Over the years, I have been in various galleries.  It has always been my pattern to comply and work with the owners to maximize sales and exposure.  I am now in my twilight years and I’m still working and wanting to show and sell my work.  Part of the reason we moved to this resort area was to offer me more opportunities. When I was in the Orlando area, I joined what was called a membership gallery.  There, we were juried in and paid a fee to show and sell there.  It was very successful and not so stressful since there was [...]