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Summer Newsletter

8/15/2021

 
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My vision was to create a soft place to land...

Palm Trilogy III  ~  45 x 35"  oil painting on cradled wood panel
This was one of those paintings that felt like it took forever. I'm sure most of my artist friends know the feeling. When I feel like the painting is complete, I take a photo and discover I'm not happy with it. Photographs are an excellent tool for seeing the image in a new light. I also like to turn it upside down.
I've shared the journey below, hoping that it will either inspire or inform you. 

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This painting started with a few simple shapes and a basic color selection of ultramarine blue, magnesium blue and transparent red oxide. 
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The warm colors in the sky and along the horizon brought the background forward and took attention away from the palm trees. 
I defined the shapes and experimented with the composition.
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The painting still wasn't what I wanted, so I put it away for a couple of weeks. When I returned, I realized that it felt disjointed and needed more harmony in both the colors and the values. 
​The results are in the final image at the beginning of this post.

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    Jade Gates

    I strive to keep showing up in my life and in my art  I hope my paintings make you feel the way I do when I create them - inspired, creative, and alive.

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