Inspiration can be found in so many different places.
My landscape paintings are a good example. Very seldom are the based on a real place - Loch Level Castle being an exception.
Paintings like Reflections are kinda based on a real place - while I have a real thing in mind, I am not trying to recreate it like a photo, but more of the feel of the place. Sometimes, it's just the colors of a place, such as in Oregon Sunset. (To see Reflections, go to http://revjeanene.blogspot.com/2008/06/out-of-town.html)
Most of the time, it's a subconscious combination of several places - a lake from one place, a mountain from another, the sky from a third - just pulled together.
While paintings are the most obvious form of this, all my arts and crafts are done that way. I attempt to capture the feel and emotional response of *something* else - another time, another place, another person.
How about you?
4 comments:
I definitely draw inspiration from the things I study - history and art history! You should add some photos of your work to this post.
Beautiful art blog! I'm definitely bookmarking this page. I know exactly what you're saying about capturing the emotional response!
Thanks, Livy. I did not want to be repetative, so I did not report pics.
Thank you, Hilary. I'm working on a waterfall scene at the moment. I'm waiting for it to dry so I can add the detail work. lol
Beautiful painting...it is so peaceful.
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