As an artist, I am often trying out new ideas, but they
don’t always work out the way that I expect. This painting is an example of just
that very thing, but in the case, it worked out for the better! I began
painting this piece with the idea of a wave, abstracted of course, moving
across a two-canvas painting which would then form a single piece. This was the
largest painting that I have attempted so far, 16 x 40 inches.
To say the least, I got about in hour into painting when I
realized that it was not working out the way I wanted. I was stuck, I was not
sure how to improve what I had, and I needed to effectively start over. This
was disappointing, but I kept at it, and moved the painting in a whole new
direction, building off the colors already on the canvas from my previous
failed attempt.
My new idea was for an evening scene, using the impressionistic
technique of placing blocks of pure color side by side to form an image, but
with bright, bolder and more modern colors. I initially was going to paint a
pure abstract, but as I worked, I realized that I could create a flowery garden
scene with reflections on a murky pond. In the end, this painting became my
fourth painting in my reflections series. Notice that canvas on the left is
more representational (realistic looking), and that the other moves into a
heighten level of abstraction on the closest clump of flowers.
The result of my efforts:
"Evening Garden." 4th Painting of the Reflection Series.
Acrylic on Canvas. 16 x 40 in. Artist Charles Wolf.
Charles Wolf Studio © 2016. All Rights Reserved.
"Evening Garden." Left Canvas, 16 x 20 in. Charles Wolf Studio © 2016.
Below is a time-lapse video of me painting this work; I
added a few of the final details after I turned off the camera on the following
day, needed more structure, but this video begins at the point when I started in
a new direction. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for viewing my work, watching the video,
and reading this article. Have a fantastic creative and artistic day! Feel free
to ask me any questions below about myself, my work, techniques etc…
—Charles
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