Original 11 x 14 Oil Painting
Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Hand framed in reclaimed wood
Ready to hang
Painted August 2020
I painted Orchard Lawn during the 2020 Paint the Point plein air event in Mineral Point. This was my second painting of the day, and what stopped me was the light coming through the trees and breaking up across the ground.
The building itself gave me plenty to work with too. Orchard Lawn — also known as the Gundry Home — is an Italianate house built in 1868. It has plenty of history, but what interested me that afternoon was much simpler: that warm building color popping out between all the cooler shadows and trees.
The lawn in front is almost a patchwork of light and shade, with deep blues and teals sitting against pale sunlit marks. The building pushes through in warmer salmon, ochre and orange, while the trees frame the whole thing from both sides. I kept the brushwork loose because the moving light was the point. Trying to make every leaf behave itself would have missed it completely.
That contrast between the warm building and all those cool shadows is what made me stop and paint it.
Want a print instead? You can find prints of this piece here: Orchard Lawn.
Original 11 x 14 Oil Painting
Signed Certificate of Authenticity
Hand framed in reclaimed wood
Ready to hang
Painted August 2020
I painted Orchard Lawn during the 2020 Paint the Point plein air event in Mineral Point. This was my second painting of the day, and what stopped me was the light coming through the trees and breaking up across the ground.
The building itself gave me plenty to work with too. Orchard Lawn — also known as the Gundry Home — is an Italianate house built in 1868. It has plenty of history, but what interested me that afternoon was much simpler: that warm building color popping out between all the cooler shadows and trees.
The lawn in front is almost a patchwork of light and shade, with deep blues and teals sitting against pale sunlit marks. The building pushes through in warmer salmon, ochre and orange, while the trees frame the whole thing from both sides. I kept the brushwork loose because the moving light was the point. Trying to make every leaf behave itself would have missed it completely.
That contrast between the warm building and all those cool shadows is what made me stop and paint it.
Want a print instead? You can find prints of this piece here: Orchard Lawn.