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12×16″, Oils on archival linen panel
Email me at JamieWG@aol.com if interested in this painting.

This is one of my favorite painting locations in the Catskills. You can sit on the rocks for hours and hear nothing but rushing water. The water is crystal clear, and so transparent that the pool looks a lot shallower than it really is!

This painting was done with a lot of transparent pigments, a few semi-transparent, a couple of opaque pigments, and a little help from artist extraordinaire, David Dunlop. As plein air season gets underway, I’ll have to see if I can cart enough extra tubes with me to keep a transparent palette for at least part of the process. You can see how it really makes the painting glow from within.

Here’s an image that you can click on to see the painting a little larger and clearer:

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3 Responses to “Contemplation”

This painting gave me an aha moment, all my plein air buddy’s have been raving about transparent colors and I didn’t really understand what the hoopla was all about. You have opened my eyes to why they are so excited about them, they really do produce a luscious glow.

Jamie,

I really love this painting. This is one of the absolutely the most serene painting I have seen…I think the person in the scene is so great and the part that makes me love this painting…you also get the feeling that you the viewer is intruding on his tranquil moment…lol
The colors are wonderful and the rendition of the water is awesome and is inviting me to sit there or jump in for a refreshing swim…not with him there though..:)

Jamie,

I love this painting and the reflection of the water is just so beautiful! I’m enjoying catching up on your archive posts…Great work!!!

Sally

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