Sometimes I get really really "stuck."
I've been working on a portrait and am not quite sure that I am ready to pick up my brush and find that "elusive" likeness today.
So I switch gears - it's almost like a mini-vacation.
I usually have a stack of unfinished landscape "sketches" laying around the studio - just waiting for me to "pull it all together." Today is cold and snowy and I originally made this oil sketch on a delightfully warm day. When this happens in hot weather, I tend to grab a Fall or Winter scene - go figure.
This is why you're seeing me post landscapes just now:
Ferry Beach, Maine
12" x 16" Oil on Canvas
So I finished this little beach scene I began 2+ years ago and framed it. I like a wide gold, old-fashioned frame for most of my works...they work for me.
"It is never too late to do what you might have done."
(My version of a quote from George Elliot)
A note about my frames:
Since I tend to buy or stretch my canvasses to standard sizes, I find that I can use ready-made frames. I have had good luck with JFM Frames.
2 comments:
Beautiful frame. I usually order my frames from Blick, but I'm defiantly going to have to check out JLM!!
Er, that's jFm....you'll like their catalog!
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