In Progress September 2, 2016 24" x 30" oil on board
The point from starting a painting to completion is never a straight line. In my mind, as the non-artist, it should be a straight and quick line from painting beginning to painting end, but that is not quite how it happens. It seems to be a bit more like traveling a very crooked path, with committments from shows, commissions, and galleries pulling the artist off the straight course of start to fnish. And of course there is that little thing called inspiration. Somedays, the one at the easel feels more like painting a mountain scene than a waterscape. Dix Baines likes to have several paintings going at the same time for this very reason. This particular painting started on June 18th of this year and has now found it's way back on the easel, where it has been throughout the week. Personally, I love this painting. I love everything about it from the format to the color, not to mention that it is the view looking west across Sky Pond at Dix Baines Studio. Colorado sunsets are inspirational and unless you have seen one, you may not quite believe that yes they really are this color. -Kathlyn Gogarty-Baines
The point from starting a painting to completion is never a straight line. In my mind, as the non-artist, it should be a straight and quick line from painting beginning to painting end, but that is not quite how it happens. It seems to be a bit more like traveling a very crooked path, with committments from shows, commissions, and galleries pulling the artist off the straight course of start to fnish. And of course there is that little thing called inspiration. Somedays, the one at the easel feels more like painting a mountain scene than a waterscape. Dix Baines likes to have several paintings going at the same time for this very reason. This particular painting started on June 18th of this year and has now found it's way back on the easel, where it has been throughout the week. Personally, I love this painting. I love everything about it from the format to the color, not to mention that it is the view looking west across Sky Pond at Dix Baines Studio. Colorado sunsets are inspirational and unless you have seen one, you may not quite believe that yes they really are this color. -Kathlyn Gogarty-Baines
In Progress June 20, 2016 24" x 30" oil on board
The Beginning June 17, 2016 24" x 30" oil on board
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