11/22/2009

On Taylors Lane

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8 x 10 inches, oil paint on canvas panel                                                 Copyright 2009, John A. Brecht, all rights reserved

This was painted on a grey, stormy October day at Little Compton, RI.  This is looking south toward the ocean as thick clouds rolled by.  This grey-day light is a different painting situation than one is normally used to.  It is flat and cool, lending no obvious contrasts to capitalize on, other than the line between earth and sky.
Nov 22, 2009 12:23:20 PM | Paintings

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Love it!!!

Posted by: Mary Ashley Stephenson | 11/22/2009 at 01:14 PM

VERY WONDERFUL!

Posted by: DONNA | 12/14/2009 at 06:42 PM

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