Monday, September 12, 2011

The genie's out of the bag

Okay, first off, I did not intentionally mangle the metaphor for this post's title. I realized after the fact. I have a standing order for a commissioned painting. The specifics were left open, other than a preference for certain colors, and a light unusual landscape. It sounded so straightforward, but I've been workin within frameworks so much lately. They are loose frameworks, but still, I rarely paint on the wide open ranges now.
I'm finding it difficult to stay on task with this commission. I'll switch over to acrylics, and maybe even follow a sketch. In the mean time, it's really been a blast to forage like this. I miss it.

Kincade channels Whistler and makes a sci-fi poster.



All are in progress.

7 comments:

Elaine Mari said...

are these the foraging or are these commissions? Can't quite understand. These are luscious, luscious.

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous, Carla!

Carla said...

Thanks.
I went completely off track mentally from the commission mind-set, so these are foragings. I'm going to try to do something more directed for the commission.

M.A.H. said...

Excellent, and very exciting. I love the luminosity.

Kim said...

num num!! beautiful!

Kathy Hodge said...

very beautiful colors and light.

Nomi Lubin said...

Number four is crazy. So great to see those saccharine colors look almost sinister.