Friday, May 1, 2009

A new painting: Summer


Last week I finished this oil painting. Actually the female nude is done in oils and the background is mostly done in acrylics.
It is not a massive painting, not by the subject and certainly not by size (10" x 10" - 25 cm x 25 cm).
Alas this photo does not show how beautifully the golden background and all the other colours highlight the female nude.
So here it is... a confession! I am not good at taking great shots of my own paintings and it frustrates me. Ok, my little digital camera - which is older than 5 years - might be partly to blame, but I know somebody who takes wonderful shots no matter what camera is in his hands.
I am able to take some wonderful shots of other subjects, just not of my paintings.
And that is one of the reasons why I keep my "focus" on painting!

5 comments:

Scarlet said...

I agree, I've seen the painting up close and the camera doesn't allow you to capture its beautiful 3-D effect.

Nice combination of color/design in the background, btw.

geewits said...

I know exactly what you are talking about. I get pretty frustrated when a I can't photograph something that I feel really shows it. Not having seen your original painting though, I can say I think it is beautiful.

Holland said...

Scarlet: Thank you... and thus my frustration...lol

Geewits: I am happy that we use a digital camera nowadays...imagine the frustration with the old camera... develope the film and then what to do?...lol

Full-On-Forward said...

Gotcha Ily.....SCARLET My Lillll Frien..... LOL


Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful, both subject and the soul of the same. I am an online friend of "Scarlet".

Beautiful work.

J

Holland said...

John: Thank you for dropping by and for your kind words. For sure we will see each other also at Scarlett's blog.