Tone Poem V

"Tone Poem V"
8" x 10"
Oil on canvas panel

Farmland near the Mississippi River quilts the landscape like fabric over fiberfill. Ponds add punches of color and trees decorate the seam lines like fancy stitching.  


This is the final piece in my Tone Poem series.  I hope you enjoyed them.  I loved painting them.  And by the way, the camera just WANTS to make a moray pattern, it doesn't look like that in reality. 


Thank you for stopping to visit today.
Carol

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Tone Poem IV

"Tone Poem IV"
8" x 10"
Oil on canvas panel

Queen Anne's Lace dots a band across the front of this August landscape.  They're plentiful along the roadways where this was shot taken early one morning.  


Number four in the series is of larger trees and not so many different fields. I used a sponge and one scruffy brush  to paint all of the Tonalist pieces. Not my usual fare.

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Carol

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Tone Poem III

"Tone Poem III"
8" x 10"
Oil on canvas panel

                                                                     

Farmland to the north and west of my home ripples and rolls toward the Mississippi River.  It quilts the land in an array of nature's favorite colors.  

This is number three in my series of five Tonalist paintings.  I learned something as I painted each one. 

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Carol

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Cheetah Pears

"Cheetah Pears"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas panel

I found these two snuggling on my polar fleece cheetah scarf that I wear when I paint. I was given one, and bought the other with the intention of eating it.  They looked so cozy together I decided to let them finish their cuddling and eat them... later. 


I enjoyed this quick study of the two different kinds of pears. The skin on the red one was cherry red with very little yellow in it except where the reflected light from the yellow pear hit. Their unique stems delighted me too.

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Carol

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Tone Poem II

"Tone Poem II"
8" x 10"
Oil on canvas panel

I've found a reward in waking early. It's no longer difficult to roll out of bed knowing the visual delights that await me in the rural settings near my village. 

Tonalist landscapes are typically luscious and luminous with evocative atmospheric effects featuring hazy backgrounds. The palette is minimal, characterized by warm hues of brown, soft greens gauzy yellows and muted greys.  

Tonalist painters seem to prefer a state of implicit cognition and psychological experiences over reality.  

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Carol 

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Tone Poem

"Tone Poem" 
8" x 10" 
Oil on canvas panel   

In the Midwest, where I live, mornings in May are often hazy. I was eager to capture this effect on canvas. While I painted I felt connected... to what, I wasn't sure.  In the discussion group where my early oil landscapes were critiqued, I was referred to as a Tonalist.

The Tonalist style emphasizes atmosphere by using a color's middle values instead of high contrast, resulting in an understated effect.  Subject matter is never entirely apparent but rather an intriguing visual poem cloaked in a vaporous veil of emotionalism.  


The definition will be continued tomorrow. 

Welcome to my world today. 

Carol

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Bird House

"Bird House"
6" x 6"
Oil on canvas panel

On a walk through my neighborhood in search of blossoms of any kind, I came across this darling little bird house; a recent addition to someone's back patio.  The arch of the doorway is a curved branch cut in half. I loved the log fence in the front, too. But that first step is a long way from the opening!  Purely decorative, I assume. 

I like how this painting turned out. I started it and put it down.  Too brown.  Not my favorite palette.  But once I put black around it the house came to life.  It floated until I put a post under it too.  The actual one hung.  

Thanks for flying on over today. 

Carol 

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