On the High Line (detail right side of painting)
(Work in progress)
(Work in progress)
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Barbara Muir © 2011
When I don't blog for a few days, or longer,
most of the time I'm either working on a large painting,
or thinking a painting through. Right now my slowdown
blogging is linked to working on a large scene of the High
Line in New York City (It's three feet by four feet).
The High Line is a park and gardens
built on an abandoned railway line, and it is ultra cool.
The view of the city is great, and it's a lovely green
space. The scene I'm painting is in a section that is
like a wading pool, with water underfoot. Last summer
in the high heat New York endured this mid-city retreat
must have been a life saver.
I'm having a great time painting this one. What I like
best about it at the moment is the people disappearing off the
edge of the painting. I haven't at all finished this section, but
I love the baby's foot.
More to come...
Have a busy-working-and-thinking-of-you-day
5 comments:
Oh this looks intriguing! I look forward to seeing more!
This grabbed my attention immediately as I scanned down my list of blog options to read - great start and looking forward to seeing it finished!
Hi Kim,
Thanks so much. I'm working away on it, but not ready to show more yet.
XO Barbara
Hi Karen,
I love your work. Thanks so much.
I look forward to seeing it finished too, but there are a lot of parts to it, and I'm somewhere in the middle I think. Thanks for your encouragement.
XO Barbara
Hi Barbara,
I am very intrigued by the start of this painting. I am particularly enjoying the way you have treated the ground/asphalt (dark with light flecks) and how the mom's dress hem is the reverse (light with dark specks-- looks like eyelet). Just an observation!
And the High Line does look super cool.
XO Nicki
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