A small works gallery and ponderings about brush and paint, by oil painter, Michelle Sonoqui Gillette
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The paintings that are hung on these virtual walls, range from completed work, to works-in-progress. The process is a bit like fly fishing, as I work to push the paint and composition toward an abstract direction - only to reel it back in again, to find the sweet spot for detail and clarity.
Small Study: Simplifying the Information
Here is another study, painted at the same location as the study posted below. I was off to a rather bad start, having scrubbed in nearly every boat in the harbor. Once I took them all out, and focused on the two boats and dock, the little study worked much better.