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Fri 22 Feb 2008

2008 22×28

Lately I have found it difficult to put the paint brush down.

I have stayed out late painting plein air and then cleaning up the paintings later that evening and then working on still lifes well into the night.

I keep telling myself and the people around me that I need a break but the truth is…I can’t stop.

2008 9×12	2007 8×10	2007 8×10
2008 8×10	2008 6×8	2008 5×7
2008 6×8	2008 5×7	2008 12×16
2008 12×16	2008 12×16

 

6 Responses to “ Can’t stop… ”

Comments:

1. Gregory says:
   February 22nd, 2008 at 10:54 pm

   Elio,
   I love the 12×16’s of the similar landscape in different light - I was going to say I like the brighter one better, but then I decided I liked them both equally for their qualities! What really blows me away is how a number of these paintings work - on some the color is pushed hard and yet the image feels so true.

   From afar the 12×16 ocean has a very soft but strong feel to it, and yet up close you have these strokes of pushed color which create a lot of excitement … pretty much like viewing the actual scene from afar and then up close. At least that’s how I “see” them - very nice! G

2. Gregory says:
   February 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 pm

   You know it is interesting to see the 5×7 ocean/rocks next to the 12×16 ocean/rocks. I know a lot of this can be due to the smaller size of the one painting being viewed at the same size as the larger - still I see the effect that more values/halftones has on the image … seeing these two images side-by-side really makes the point. Hope that made sense. G

   I understand completely! Most people that aren’t familiar with my work and only see it on my site can’t see the full effect. So many of the changes in temperature are lost when you convert the image to jpeg format. The thing is if I you could blow up the larger paintings and zoom into them like you can the 5×7 you will find they are painted the same. Just more color and temperature shifts in the halftones to imply form. The strokes are the same.

   Don’t get discouraged. It is easy to paint detail and turn the form and most people stop there but doing it with color, temperature and stroke and then have the painting completely fall apart into something abstract on closer observation is something else all together.

3. Rob Ijbema says:
   February 27th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

   why stop Elio, you are going strong! much interesting stuff going on…

   Rob,

   Why stop? I am tired is the only practical reason but I am waiting for my second wind to kick in.

   Thank you for stopping in and commenting.

4. Mel says:
   February 28th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

   Love colored fields!!!!!!!

   Glad you like it! Come back and visit anytime.

5. Peggy says:
   March 12th, 2008 at 12:32 am

   OH NO… i love that distant marsh so much it hurts. These are tremendous. They tear the heart out and stomp all over it.

   Ah…Peggy you always pick the winners! That painting has received a lot of great feedback. It is very abstract, minimalistic, and representational. That is one of those paintings I almost wish wont sell because I doubt I could recreate that effect of light and depth with so few strokes again.

6. Mary Sheehan Winn says:
   April 11th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

   I haven’t been over here lately and I missed these fantastically colorful works. I agree that you control the color very well considering how pushed it is. I ‘feel’ these paintings. Happy painting Elio

   Thanks!

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