Upward View - Cabin Path Maple
I started a series of paintings in the latter part of 2012 with the subject being "an upward view". In part, I was inspired by some photographers who achieved some spectacular shots by photographing their subject from a "worm's eye view point". Then, I found some artists who had painted some beautiful work with the same concept. During a break in a class I was teaching at The Cabin Path (a beautiful nature preserve in SW Atlanta), I pointed my camera skyward and took several reference photos of the trees. During the next few months, I took additional photos while also starting to paint some of the trees.
In December of 2012, I photographed several maple trees at The Cabin Path when I was teaching another class. It was a gray day and the first painting from the photos reflected that mood. With the next painting, though, I decided to eliminate as many of the "grays" as possible from the work. While I was somewhat satisfied with the results, something seemed to be needed. As an experiment, I decided to place another wash into the sky so as to "push" the blue hue to a level that's probably far from realistic. I got so excited with the results that I then gambled and decided to "push" the blue even further. The result is "Upward View, Cabin Path Maple".
"Upward View - Cabin Path Maple" The original is a watercolor
on 22 x 15 140# cold press paper and is copyrighted by Gerry
Grimes, the artist. He retains all rights regarding copies and/or
reproductions regardless of the ownership of the original by
others. The original is for sale, as well as a few giclee prints.
