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marri
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
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Location: Western Australia
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 Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:32 pm Post subject: swamp at night |
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This was always going to be a landscape but more and more it has a water feel to it. I may remove some more white before I call it finished. CC encouraged on this one. BTW - you may recognise it as the untitled landscape with white poles I posted a month or so ago. I took a paint scraper to the white poles and started again - didn't like it.
910 x 620 marri resin, enamel paint, bitumen (surprise!).
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marri
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
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Location: Western Australia
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 5:44 pm Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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| I am thinking the tip for this one the more I look at it. |
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The Pook
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
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Location: Tasmania
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:42 pm Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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Don't throw it away, Stefan will have it I'm sure!  |
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thecatsgrin
Joined: 18 Apr 2009
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Location: Gippsland
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:26 pm Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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| I really like it! |
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pugwash
Joined: 04 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:55 pm Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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| Theres nothing wrong with it. You just have it upside down. |
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marri
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
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Location: Western Australia
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 8:27 am Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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Are you having a lend Clive? Opinions?
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Tango
Joined: 06 Mar 2006
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Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:23 am Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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Yes, I have to agree with Clive,  |
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The Pook
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
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Location: Tasmania
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 10:02 am Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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| You could call it Brown Poles. |
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pugwash
Joined: 04 Jul 2007
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Location: Perth
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 11:10 am Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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| No I'm not trying to be funny. It has an oozy dripping stalactite feel to it. Like being inside a red cave. I like it. |
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marri
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
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Location: Western Australia
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 1:38 pm Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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| I will hang it "upside down" for a few days and see how I feel. I am lothe to ditch it. The background took ages. Thanks! |
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Steve Gray
Joined: 17 Aug 2008
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Location: Geelong
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| Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 10:28 pm Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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| I think the squiggles of lighter paint on the "brown poles is a bit of a visual cliche (the style) and takes the edge off it for me (it becomes more decorative that way and it probably shouldn't be...) try a light wash of bitumen to knock back some of the red, or bitumen with clear resin to make it more transparent. |
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marri
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
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Location: Western Australia
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 3:27 pm Post subject: Re - swamp at night |
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| Thanks Steve, I think I know what you mean..... the worst "squiggle" being on the left "slab" of bitumen (on the second "upside down" image). Those marks are from drizzles of white enamel about five layers down..... I will have to ponder it for a while but my gut feeling is to live with them. Perhaps I can scrape bits back and reduce the continuity of them..... some paintings are born difficult. |
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