Forgotten Island - Aerial View

[gxhpainter2]

the site of an ancient civilization where magical creatures roamed... been too busy with work so taking today to enjoy a beautiful fall day and do a little "painting".... hope you enjoy this as well.

[D Akey]

Cool. Sort of the Jurassic Park of Magic. A story is about to be remembered. . . only I forgot what it was. Hey, I just suddenly pulled a quarter out of my own ear! That trick will definitely help when parking around here. Now how the heck did I do that again?

Reminds me a little of a map of a land development with all that segmenting, only with each plot of land colored by the personalities of the family living there. Nice aesthetic effect overall.

[stevemawmv]

Gary....Its been at least ten days since you posted a painting...was starting to wonder where you got off to...See you found an island....Very exciting discovery my friend but even better this painting you've done of it.....Love to join you in exploring all the streets and structures of this forgotten civilization..but my children are visiting this weekend..so enjoy yourself but watch out for any remaining creatures still roaming the ruins...
Take care friend,
Steve

[Enug]

Looks like you had a 'magical' day painting. Lovely colours.

[Caesar]

You are an art Peter Pan flying over this lost island of our youth. Marvellous!

[Alexandra]

Hi Gary, it looks like you and I were thinking of the same theme.
Beautiful work dear friend. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

[jibes]

Good job Gary! Wonderful textures going on here!

[gxhpainter2]

Cool. Sort of the Jurassic Park of Magic. A story is about to be remembered. . . only I forgot what it was. Hey, I just suddenly pulled a quarter out of my own ear! That trick will definitely help when parking around here. Now how the heck did I do that again?

Reminds me a little of a map of a land development with all that segmenting, only with each plot of land colored by the personalities of the family living there. Nice aesthetic effect overall.

I like that phrase " A story is about to be remembered" that links in with what I was working with on this. Kind of like those archaeological digs in old ruins where just the outlines of the building and streets are revealed.

Gary....Its been at least ten days since you posted a painting...was starting to wonder where you got off to...See you found an island....Very exciting discovery my friend but even better this painting you've done of it.....Love to join you in exploring all the streets and structures of this forgotten civilization..but my children are visiting this weekend..so enjoy yourself but watch out for any remaining creatures still roaming the ruins...
Take care friend,
Steve

OMG has it been ten days? wow... well last weekend I was up in Portland Oregon visiting a friend and they had "Open Studio" weekend where artists open their studios to the public to drop and and visit with them look at what and how they work... it was fun to see other artists work spaces, some very nice studios and some just simple corner of the room.. Interestingly no digital artists were represented... which seems a shame. One woman whose studio I visited was doing large floral and still lifes from photographs she had taken in the area. and then she would put the image into her MacBook and zoom in for the details. We had a nice discussion on the topic "Is it cheating to use photographs for your painting" I am most liberal and anything to get the artists vision together works for me. After all it is the artists vision of the world that is a primary creative force. not the tools used. She was using water soluble oils, and had a few squeezed out and let people play a little on a test canvas. the texture was very oil like not like acrylics at all.. plus no smelly turps, cobalt siccative etc...

Looks like you had a 'magical' day painting. Lovely colours.

Thanks Enug I did enjoy my walk along the river and the low sun and deep shadows made for some remarkable scenes.

You are an art Peter Pan flying over this lost island of our youth. Marvellous!

LOL well this Peter Pan is a little on the chunky side to be flying about, but thank you for the spirit..

Hi Gary, it looks like you and I were thinking of the same theme.
Beautiful work dear friend. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

Thanks Alexandra I will, you must have quite the house and land as much as you and your husband have been working on it these past few years...

[gxhpainter2]

Good job Gary! Wonderful textures going on here!

WOW Hi Neal, it has been waaaaay toooo long my friend since we have seen or heard from you. Hope things are good in your world, and hopefully we get a treat of some new work from you soon!.

[copespeak]

You are an art Peter Pan flying over this lost island of our youth. Marvellous!

A great comment from Caesar! I really like the green seas around the island. Reminds me of clear sunny days and white sand, and that wonderful glow in the water.