Ned’s Garden oil on birch panel 9 x 12″ unframed but ready to hang $200
The garden of a house on the Strafford green looks out over beautiful fields. A friend and I parked ourselves under a huge tree and spent a lovely morning in the shade. We don’t have a long growing season here but in the summer growth and bloom are explosive.
And here in California we spent a day at the Getty Museum–wonderful collection and gorgeous site. We went years ago right after it opened and didn’t remember that there were so many good paintings. They have several by wonderful Chardin as well as enchanting works of Oudry, Tissot and Sweerts who’ve never made much of an impression on me before. And of course the many Rembrandts were amazing. I would have liked to see more contemporary work but apparently there are restrictions. The Dutch landscapes gave me a chance to study clouds as well. We also went on an interesting local “art crawl.” At a gallery that has shown David Hockney we saw huge pieces that were highly textured monochromes. Maybe someday I’ll get some acrylic gel and play around with heaping up mounds and valleys. I do approach museums and galleries very selfishly, looking for ideas I can use.
