Idyll, 8 by 10 inches oil
This was done from a bag full of old photos that I have been
safeguarding for years now! My brother and sister left home 30 years
back,to make their new home in the US. Those were not the digital days
and they used to send me tons of photos that I could enjoy, this place
was some where in Colorado and I dont remember what exactly my brother
wrote about it. But the picture motivated me to take out my paints!
Padmaja, this is absolutely stunning. How gorgeous!! I wish I lived here!!
ReplyDeleteI love the texture on this painting, and the flow of lines back and forth. The colors, intermixed with your own unique way of seeing the world... it's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully painted Padmaja! I love all the green. Colorado is a very favorite place of mine. It is the next state west of Kansas where I live and we can go from very very flat land to high, majestic mountains in about eight hours. We honeymooned there and took our boys there on many vacations. Thanks for prompting the memories.
ReplyDeleteYou must miss your brother and sister a lot! So far away!
Oh Padmaja...I can see why you were motivated to take your paints out...these rich colors and texture is amazing...!!! A VERY good painting and again another favorite!!!! I've never visited Colorado but would love to add it to my bucket list!!
ReplyDeleteit looks so awesome that it seems like a real camera photograph!
ReplyDeletePadmaja, I love the greens and with the texture, the painting absolutely sparkles! Great job!
ReplyDeleteA great mood to this painting, very soothing and tranquil ...and a great texture !
ReplyDeletethis work takes me on a journey into serenity.
ReplyDeleteI really like the composition of this one that draws me right along the waterway to the background trees, Padmaja. I also want to touch this. Love your impasto paintings!
ReplyDeleteWow! Stunning!
ReplyDeleteThe green in the painting is so soothing.
I am no artist to talk about colors but this one strangely leaves me in content and peace.You have breathed life into this country side scene.
ReplyDeleteWonderful movement in the water and sky!
ReplyDeleteAm sure this recreation beats the origina, Padmaja:)
ReplyDeletevery beautiful Padma
ReplyDeleteI love the color and wonderful texture in this one, Padmaja, I am moved that you would keep the photos they sent you. Colorado is really beautiful and you managed to capture some of that particular green that is so abundant there most of the year.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see this in real life, the movement of each brushstroke is so beautiful and there is a feeling of rhythm!!
ReplyDeleteI need a holiday. Some time in this serene place will do me good. Great work Padmaja.
ReplyDeleteI want to touch the grass and lie down on it facing the sky. The texture is beautiful and makes it pop, loved it!!
ReplyDeleteI love this painting! Green is the most difficult color for me, it can be so artificial and dull. But here, everything is different. Breathing, fresh and so lively. Great work.
ReplyDeletePadmaja, as I'm sure you can tell, I've been reading your blog through... from the beginning... kind of like a novel. When I find someone whose writing (and art, but it really doesn't have to be about art) I enjoy, I love to do that. I love watching the progression. This technique of using a palette knife is fairly new for you. (Yes, I know it isn't any more as we're in 2017, but remember, I'm time traveling... I'm still back in 2014 with you. :) I think it's your best work. I hope that as I continue into "the future" for me here, but your more recent past through 2015-2107, that I see more and more of it. I don't feel the need to comment on every painting, but I have wanted to on almost all of those done in this style.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I love that you round out your character, the shepherdess. She's just a perfectly placed red splash of color... until you remind us... wait... that may have been the painting before... anyway... you remind us that she may have her worries, but all seemed so peaceful. Suddenly, I see her as a whole person... care about her story.
I'm enjoying my journey through your art, your years.