Friday, September 24, 2010

Opie in progress 9

And finally, I put in the sunlight on the tree branches. 
We're closing in on the finish line. It has been my intention all along to leave the ground showing through in parts - as you see here - the cliffs at left, the branches at right, the "raw" edges of paint at top and bottom. Why? When I complete a scene edge to edge it looks like a photograph..but art is not supposed to look like a photo, it is meant to be something unique from the hand of the Artist. I've been developing a style over the last 3 years where I leave areas unfinished...and the viewer's eye fills in the missing parts. 

No comments:

Post a Comment