The Bridge

[justjean]

Trying oils again with a wee bit of wc and SOS's sponge brushes thrown in .

What one might see driving the back roads around here

[Mike Tenebrae]

Nice, good temperature. The warm vanishing point contrasts with the rest of the painting and creates a good focal area.

[gxhpainter2]

nicely done jean, just don't get stuck in the snow..

[D Akey]

What a great mood! Love the range of warm and cool grays with the peach light source. Pleasing combination!

[justjean]

Thank You Mike Gary and DA for dropping in and commenting

and Gary been there did that

[Marilyn Anne]

Love the impressionistic style. A very pleasant picture.

[Caesar]

Excellent! It immediately reminded to me of a painting by De Nittis I love on an Appennine Mountains pass ... see herebelow.

[Enug]

Cool painting - in more ways than one. I will come back to this to cool me down over the next three days when our forecast is for 40'sC!

[justjean]

Thanks for commenting Caesar, I must look that fellow up

Thank you June, I don't think I would like that kind of heat

[Caesar]

Giuseppe De Nittis?
Here there are some of his paintings ...
https://www.google.it/search?q=de+ni...ed=0CAYQ_AUoAQ
and here's his English wikipedia (poor) biography.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_De_Nittis

It was a pity he died prematurely at 38 when he was getting more and more appreciated and successful ...