Amy's art in
progress.
See regular updates of
my progress on each new painting.
5.13.2013
In April, 2013, I visited the Norias section of the King Ranch. The vast and wild King Ranch is bigger than Rhode Island and stretches 825,000 acres in South Texas. The section that I visited is covered with a beautiful, twisty, oak tree forest. I was fasinated by the power of these wavy lines surrounding me and I wish I could make this a giant painting to communicate that feeling, but I will have to settle for 42" by 36". Which is big for my walls at least... The tour guide told us that Pancho Villa and his bandits hid out here as they tried to attack the ranch back in the day. This place is just asking for a movie to be made here... it is that mysterious and beautiful.
I hope that I do it justice... we'll have to wait and see.
5.15.2013
It begins with a road...
5.16.2013
I added in some very subtle greys and blues for the background behingd the trees.
5.18.2013
I started painting in the trees today. Lots more to go though.
5.19.2013
I added more trees today.
5.20.2013
I added more trees...some small ones in the distance.
5.22.2013
I added more trees again...
5.28.2013
I started adding in the ground colors today.
5.29.2013
Some green leaves and shrubbery!
5.30.2013
Starting on the branches... this is about to get very complicated.
6.1.2013
More branches.
6.2.2013
I'm taking a break from the branches and I started working on the cow.
6.5.2013
Still working on the branches.
6.6.2013
I painted more of the branch colors in the tops of the trees today.
6.7.2013
I added more trees in the background and added more variety in the branch sizes.
6.9.2013
I added some small branches and I also added some of the shrubbery in the background on the right side.
6.10.2013
I added more sagey greens to the leaves and branches to show more contrast. I like how on the top left you can see the sky through the branches... it really draws my eye there... This painting has me thinking about Jackson Pollock's work a lot. All these crazy layers of branches one on top of the other... you can feel the natural abstraction. Anyway, I also have been thinking about Burchfield's work as well. All his wild trees with abstract patterns. I hope that I am able to capture the scale and depth of all these hundreds of trees... the overwhelming feeling of squiggly repetition...I've got more work to do...
6.11.2013
I added more trees on the left side and added more branches as well.
6.12.2013
I added a lot of dark green to the right side. I also worked on shaping the shrubbery on the right side.
6.13.2013
6.15.2013
6.16.2013
6.12.2013
I added more grey and white branches on the right side.
6.17.2013
More branches on the right side.
6.18.2013
I added branches on the left and right...overlapped the dark tree trunks.
6.19.2013
I added more greens to the leaves on top and more branches. There are a lot of layer on this one.
6.20.2013
More light colored branches overlapping the darker tree trunks. I also stared working on the ground more.
6.21.2013
6.24.2013
6.25.2013
I added details to the cow. I also changed up the foreground too. Almost finished I think...
