Thursday, April 21, 2011

oil study

A quick study that speaks to the kind of day it was today.

Oil sketch, Celeste Bergin, Lunch hour in Portland, oil on 9 x 12 stretched canvas
Posted by Celeste Bergin at 8:02 PM
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10 comments:

Casey Klahn said...

Yucky weather, but beautiful painting study.

We had snow, and sang Christmas songs.

April 21, 2011 at 8:15 PM
Jane said...

Love it, great movement.

April 22, 2011 at 1:15 AM
AutumnLeaves said...

Oh wow, Celeste! This is so beautiful and makes me long for my days in the PNW. I don't know why I ever left, really. I miss it terribly! This is truly an exquisite palette and a fabulous composition. Your strokes just highlight the weather and that is amazing to me. Oh I so wish I could figure things out when it comes to my art! With all of your beautiful paintings that I have seen, I have loved each and every one. This one, however, moves to the very top of my list. I love rainy days, prefer them to sunshine and do not get the slightest bit depressed, even when 180+ days as we once had when I lived in WA. I will say that the common them in WA was that you couldn't be a true PNWer if you carried an umbrella! LOLOLOL

April 22, 2011 at 3:07 AM
Pam Holnback said...

Great values, simplicity, and shadow.

April 22, 2011 at 7:53 AM
Sadami said...

Dear Celeste,
Yey! What a charming quick painting! Congrtats!!
Cheers, Sadami

April 22, 2011 at 8:01 AM
PAMO said...

Beautiful! I always love your watery scenes. You do it so, so well.

April 22, 2011 at 3:34 PM
Dave Starr said...

Celeste, this is another of your paintings that seems like an optical illusion. Seriously, I can not tell if this person is walking out of the picture or into the picture. Maybe that should be deemed some sort of flaw, but for some reason I like that I can't figure that out.

April 22, 2011 at 5:41 PM
Robin said...

You make rain look wonderful, umbrellas become beautiful sculpture.

April 23, 2011 at 2:26 AM
Dan Kent said...

Once again, a beautiful, beautiful piece. God forbid you should ever live in a desert - what we would miss out on! I always love your rainy day pictures. I like the muted palette and your use of complimentary colors.

April 23, 2011 at 6:28 PM
ruca said...

I love this sketch. I can hear the muted, splashing footsteps and smell the raindrops. Looking at it makes me feel all content and warm, curled up on a big soft cushion by a glowing fire.

April 24, 2011 at 7:10 AM

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