"Sunshine on the Half Shell"
5 x 7
Stretched Canvas
Look for me on Etsy soon!
This painting was such fun!! I love the light and dark contrast, but the best part was using some pure pigments in the orange -- they are so bright and happy!
Recently, a friend that still lives in my hometown, Dreary Erie Pennsylvania, was complaining about the dark and depressing weather there and I was thinking that folks that live where there is a lot of gloomy days should surround themselves with bright colors to perk up their moods. They don't tend to, though. When we were in London last year we looked like a family of circus freaks with our brightly colored rain jackets -- purple, three greens and only one darkish blue. It seemed like everyone in the city was dressed in crow's colors -- black, darker black, grey, blue so dark it was hard to tell it was blue. The effect was somber and really, kind of depressing. They all need a little orange in their lives -- even if it just hangs on a wall!
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