Monday, October 11, 2010

Forest Light

I painted this from a photo I took in the Cascade Mts. of Oregon. I was taken by the way the fall sun lit up the turning leaves and seemed to turn the whole forest alight. As I painted it, I was reminded of a line from one of my favorite poems God's Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins:

The world is charged with the grandeur of God
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil.



8"x10" palette knife acrylic on canvas
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3 comments:

  1. Nan JohnsonOctober 11, 2010 at 5:54 PM

    Jean, this is gorgeous! Love the light in the leaves and dappled shade on the ground.

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  2. BarbaraOctober 11, 2010 at 6:49 PM

    This looks so fresh and clean.

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  3. AlisynNovember 4, 2010 at 5:39 PM

    This is such an amazing painting! So beautiful, I am in awe... your talent is unquestionable and quite remarkable! I think this is one of my new favorites.

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