First Onion Painting
14x11in oil on canvas panel
I thought it would be interesting for you to see the first onion
painting I did for the Fruit and Vegetable show, but never entered.
Compared to yesterday's image it looks very ordinary.
The question is...if I had entered this one
would I have won the Peoples Choice Award?
Artist Note.
I appreciate everyone who sent an email asking about the shaper
I showed. I am replying to all of you as fast as I can.
Of course it would have won, it's beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dana. It is something I will never know.
DeleteJulie, this is such a beautiful painting and so amazing. I think you would win with this one also.
ReplyDeleteHi Marie , good of you to be so positive. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful work! I love the unafraid use of colour. Very nice indeed!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate that. I do love color!
DeleteYou have a beautiful sense of color harmony in your work.
it's beautiful! i think you could have won!
ReplyDeleteThat's the thing...we will never know!
DeleteI like the second much more. And I think its a compositional/values thing. The mouth on the jar is the first thing my eyes go to, then the onions. That is not to say this is in any way a bad painting. It just means that if its onions you're after, the one you entered says that better. In any case I like them both, but for different reasons.
ReplyDeleteGood comment Louise - you are correct and I agree. What you do not know is this was originally a demo I did with apples instead of onions and it was all about how to paint the light hitting the jug.
DeleteWhen I needed a painting of onions, I thought how easy it would be to make those apples into onions and I bought some kale to cover the other apples. I enjoyed it but knew I had to do something just with onions for the show.
Now you know the rest of the story!
Sure you would have won Julie, this piece is amazing, too !
ReplyDeleteThanks Jane. You may be interested to know the jug is from Italy. I love it and have painted it a lot.
DeleteBeautiful painting but I agree. The painting is about the jug first. Area of hightest contrast trumps in this painting. And congrats on the award. It is all fun, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteHi Helen, if you go up the list to read my reply to Louise you can read the story about the jug!
DeleteThanks and I agree...it is all fun, except when I am struggling like crazy to capture what I cannot.