Rock Wall Shower
8x6in oil on canvas board $125.
Day 28 in the 30 in 30 Days Challenge
My personal goal for this challenge - to paint only
what I have never painted or thought of painting before.
As I was having my shower this morning I looked up
at my ivy plant and thought how lovely it looked
and then it occurred to me...drum roll...
I have never painted my shower!
It is an unusual shower because it has two rock walls.
which travel into the house from outside.
Not everyone's cup of tea I know, but I have always
enjoyed feeling as if I was showering in a tropical
environment and that is why I hung the ivy in there.
This house was built in the mid 70's and has
some of the typical features like this huge shower
which is also doubles as a Roman style bathtub. (tiled)
Artist Note.
I painted this outside the shower but kept standing back
inside to check what I was doing and seeing. The glass
doors cast a bluish color shadow on the stones, and
I was not sure I wanted that, but when I slid open the
door at that end it wasn't as interesting to me as
with the shadow color, so I closed it again.
Guess who picked the red plant pot...
uh-uh, moi!
Beautiful texture.
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen. Your snow scene is lovely.
DeleteAnd you got to paint foliage at least. Looks to be a wonderful place to shower and you did paint it so well. Love all the colors in the rock wall and how you carried your red throughout the painting. What fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Helen. Jim and I agree, it is the best shower we have ever had
DeleteThat would be a 'treat of a shower' to see each time..red pot and all! Very nicely done Julie! "Where's Julie?" "Oh she's standing in the shower - painting it." I can just imagine that conversation...ha!
ReplyDeleteGreat Frog on your post today. I Love your humor in painting and commenting.
DeleteI'm not sure I would guess the shower, but it is a lovely painting with a nice composition, colors and contrasts. Well done as usual.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone would, Roger - I agree.
DeleteGlad you like it.
Julie, I love the light trickling down the wall and on the plant. The aquas and reds give such vibrancy to your painting. What a wonderful painting and shower!
ReplyDeleteThanks my dear and love Cluck-cluck! Cute as can be.
DeleteAn artistic soul like yours makes everything magical! Amazing composition, full of rhythm and colorful!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rita - always lovely to read your comments.
Deletewow! it's lovely!
ReplyDeleteAns so is your new piece. That wonderful red line...
DeleteRed and green does it for me Julie, love it!
ReplyDeleteYour plums with turquoise did it for me, too.
DeleteIt's just lovely inside your shower, very nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks Barbara. I like your dog painting too.
ReplyDeleteI would like to take a shower in there - how beautiful. This unusual subject makes for a fantastic painting, Julie!
ReplyDeleteHi Claire, glad you like it. I saw your pears and depression glass and thought they looked wonderful.
DeleteA luxurious shower indeed, love the texture on the wall n the work on the ivy, really a cool painting!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your lovely comment as it showed you really looked! thanks padmaja.
DeleteBeautifully abstract and yet at the same time a place I'd love to be!
ReplyDeleteWell to my eyes, that is one gorgeous shower! Is there a skylight overhead for the ivy to get some sunlight? Or is it not necessary? I recently bought one for my desk at work and it is dying bit by bit. I used to have a green thumb but apparently it has left the building.
ReplyDeleteGreat eye-catching closed composition.
ReplyDeleteMarvelous contrast (color, temperature, shape).
Love this, Julie.
This is so fresh (no pun intended) and well composed. Personally I love outdoor showers, it seems so natural, like a waterfall. I know these are the moments when I can imagine your hubby saying-
ReplyDelete"you're doing what"?
WOW this is a beauty, one of my favorites
ReplyDeleteLove the texture on the wall and the wonderful greens on the hanging plant..nicely done!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful painting, Julie! Love the cascade of colors!!
ReplyDeleteLovely Julie. I love the rock wall idea and the way you've painted it.
ReplyDeleteI see you are still having fun! This is a truly an interesting idea for interior compositions.
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