Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Autumn Surpriseby Karen Mathison Schmidt

an fauve autumn landscape painting
from memory & imagination



©2009 by Karen Mathison Schmidt
6 x 6 • acrylic on 1/8" thick Gessobord

SOLD • private collection, Puyallup, Washington

I did this painting from memory and imagination as a kind of color & texture exercise. It turned out to be a celebration of color. I used a brushes and a palette knife, layering on color glazes. The idea for the title came from the fact that since it had been stormy and rainy and overcast almost all the way through October, I didn’t really notice the leaves changing color until the sun came out last week and voilà! The colors of fall have emerged!

Here’s a close-up detail:

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