Jason Saunders 10-21-09
October 21st, 2009
“Winter Morning” 30″x48″ Oil On Canvas
On Monday morning I was delivering a commission piece to the Bennett Galleries in Nashville TN. While waiting for the paper work I went upstairs to see what was hanging in the current show. There is nothing like seeing art in person. It tells you so much more than you can ever observe on a computer or in print and these paintings by Jason Saunders just took my breath away. Every piece in the show was worth posting on this blog and by following the link to his website at the bottom of this post you can see all of them.
What I like about “Winter Morning”
Values - All of Jason’s work has this. Solid values in a limited range which portray a wonderful sense of reality. I was amazed as I viewed his painting at how closely related the values were but yet maintaining the degree of difference needed to provide contrast. Jason really does this well.
Harmony - My guess is that Jason has spent a significant amount of time painting on location. When you paint out in nature, nature itself gives you some beautiful harmonies.
Color - You could say that this painting has limited color as well as limited values but all of the color swatches are accurate in there degree of difference which just makes these puppies sing! I can’t tell you howe much I enjoyed looking at his work and how much I learned from seeing how he handles the different aspects of painting. You should really stop by the Bennett Galleries and see what I mean.
Look and Enjoy!
