A Little Closer

I believe you can now see the number 6 in each square.  I like when paintings take a long time to do as it puts me in a tranquil world.  Sometimes I am bummed out when a painting is done, as I had been having such a good time.  It's like finishing a good book......ohhhh, how I  wish it were longer.

The grid

 We are having a 6th Anniversary Show at the Tannery Row Artist Colony, where I have my studio, and the theme is the number 6.  I  was going through my large pile of incompleted canvases for ideas and pulled this one out.  I thought, "How can I make this boring painting exciting?"  I decided to grid it off using a black magic marker and fill in each square with the appropriate color and then add a number 6.  You can see where I began this process in the upper right.  I think it looks cool and will show you the final painting soon.

Autumn of 2006, the beginnings of a painting

I had been wanting to paint this barn for years but there is no shade and the sun in Tennessee can be very hot.  I finally lucked out as the skies were overcast, the farmer gave us permission and I had the whole afternoon ahead of me.  What he didn't say was that he would be plowing the field next to us.  I sucked it up and sneezed all night.  Another fond memory made.

Sope Creek

I finally finished the painting begun a few weeks ago. I am very happy with the results and still have a hard time believing how I, Judith Surowiec, can do this.