"A Natural Beauty"
Pulled a miracle off this week. For weeks I had planned to paint something for the Vero Beach Art Club's "Art By The Sea" show, but something always got in the way. With time running out as the portrait had to be delivered this Thursday morning, and it was already Tuesday, I began this little beauty Tuesday. Couldn't start it till 3:00, as I had a class from 10-1:00, then had to deliver 5 paintings to a group exhibition in Vero. So I squirreled myself away in my studio.
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| "A Natural Beauty" Acrylic, 20"x16, gallery wrapped by Judy Burgarella |
First try I sketched the heron with diluted raw umber, then dripped, splashed and ran colors all around it as an abstract. Bad decision. Can' do abstract well. And so started from scratch and painted over it, with ideas forming as I painted. No time now for planning. Did the bird first from many photos I had and some other references--a head from here, a body from there, legs from somewhere else. Then I tackled the background. I slept well Wednesday night and woke up excited over my new creation, like I usually do whenever I paint something new. Painting is a wonderful thing for the psyche, and I wish everyone could find that joy. I have high hopes that this Heron portrait will sell at the show, but if not my daughter Robin really wants it.
Now onto the next paintings, which will be an octopus for Robin, then a large acrylic of an artist friend's colored pencil sketches. Oh the joy!
Judy Burgarella
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