Darren Daz Cox, now in Pekin Illinois!
what are the trees looking at?
At this point I’ve added four different green’s and three yellow oil paints. The orange pink red layer is underway then a layer of violet! Photographs don’t really do oil paintings justice, the color is really vibrant in the light, in some ways this painting is more like Mark Rothko’s color field paintings than a landscape, at least to me.
My friend Pamster asked me what were the trees looking at down the hill? hehe, funny how it takes another person’s comment to make the picture take on a whole new direction! I was thinking about having faeries flying around so I think I’ll have them flying from the lower left corner up! I’ve been wanting to paint simple faeries like John Anster Fitzgerald did in his Fairies Looking Through an Open Window painting.
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This is one of my all time favorite paintings, look at how punkrock the faerie at the window looks! The white allows for a rainbow of colors to be added subtly, and heck the faerie at the top has violet while the one at the bottom (punk faerie) has red, the extremes of the spectrum! I keep thinking about light, from the pure joy of seeing rainbows from crystals to the holographic universe theories. I’m not a scientist and I don’t have any spiritual insights to share but I do know that there is a magic in art.
hmmm I guess this is a point for the faeries! Faeries 1, Angels 0
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June 16th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I love the quality of light and shadow in your paintings! Are you doing any shows in NJ?
June 16th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
hello cartoongoddess, thanks! It took me a long time to learn the basics of light and shadow, but I can say that it is a do-able thing!
I have had oil paintings in the past 3 Art Alliance shows in Red Bank and expect to show in more places soon!
June 16th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
It’s mesmerizing watching how another artist conceptualizes and paints. I’ve enjoyed seeing the painting in all of the different stages. Now if only I could make myself slow down and take the time to capture my work like this.
June 16th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
thanks Lee, you have the potential to do whatever art you choose, I’m sure you’ll find what is right for you!
June 17th, 2008 at 8:21 am
I am enjoying watching it come to life and the process both in your mind and on the canvas. This is a lot of fun Daz, thanks for sharing this.
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