12/01/2009

Sunset Trees

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

This study was inspired by a sunset on Carolina Longleaf Pine trees.  The bark of these trees contain a lot of reds and oranges.  When the red light of  sunset illuminates them, they can really glow.  This was done on gesso-sized Somerset paper.

Dec 1, 2009 10:12:29 PM | Paintings

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I LOVE THESE TREES. THE COLOR COMBINATIONS ARE JUST GREAT. I WISH I COULD SEE THEM IN PERSON!

Posted by: DONNA | 12/13/2009 at 06:00 PM

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