Carol Marine 9-17-09
September 17th, 2009
“The Way Home 2″ 6′x6″ Oil painting on Raymar Panel
This is the second post I’ve done on Carol Marines work. It would be a lot less work for me if I just posted one of her paintings every other day. she is so consistently good, and so prolific, that I can always count on seeing something of fine quality on her blog. She is primarily known as a still life artist but I love these landscapes she has been doing while traveling in Europe. Another thing that is fantastic about her work is that it is VERY affordable. You can check out her links below.
What I like about the oil painting “The Way Home 2″.
- Faithfulness - She is in Europe for a month and despite the overwhelming visual information that is being presented to her she is sticking with simple subject matter that has an intense emotional draw (at least for me). She is being faithful to the beauty she sees in the world. It is easy to get caught up in painting what you “should paint” and it seems to me that Carol always makes it her intent to paint what speaks to her.
- Loose handling - This is an area where my family and I most often disagree on artwork. I love work that is handled in a loose manner but yet the values, drawing and color are spot on. Carols paintings are very painterly and I really enjoy the flow of this one!
- Depth - Due to the excellent composition it feels like you could just move straight through this oil painting and go see whats on the other side of that hill. I love it, and it’s only 6″x6″.
Look and Enjoy!
