Wednesday, August 4, 2010

"Ocean Dip" - 16 x 16 inches - oil on canvas - SOLD

This painting is based on a few photos I snapped while vacationing in Kennebunkport, Maine I was standing on an outcropping and had a perfect view of this yellow lab as he swam back and forth to retrieve a stick that his owner kept throwing for him.

To start, I coated the canvas with a wash of orange. I specifically chose orange since the painting was primarily blue. As complementary colors, those bits of orange really make the blue glow.

3 comments:

Marian Fortunati said...

This is WONDERFUL!

Woof!

Lisa Daria said...

very convincing reflections - ! And I like the way you broke up the colors on the dog too -

Janice Laskey said...

This is terrific! I love the way you handled the water and the reflections.