Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Fragments 6 and 7 - Poppies

Sitting here with my friend, the electric fan....it's sizzling hot in Paris, girls in their summer dresses, boys in shorts, this morning I tried a new technique with oilpastels on brown bark paper. The opaque pastels cover the paper completely, but I left a border so that there the beautiful structure of the bark paper can be seen. I'll show you a picture of that as soon as it's finished. It's 50 x 60 cm, and needs TIME. Have a wonderful day, wherever you may be, whatever weather you may be in....

So for now, here are two more pieces of the "Fragments - Poppies" Series:


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8 comments:

Cris, Artist in Oregon said...

oh such pretty colors. We are in for a heat wave starting tomorrow. Arent fans such best friends sometimes?? grin

Unknown said...

Hi Cris, thanks for your comment on the colors! And I'll have to leave my friend the fan right now, heading out into the desert's heat...:)

Dianne said...

Dear Andrea,
Thanks for sending me your message! Thanks for your good wishes - we are very much hoping things will get better soon, I see some tiny improvements but my husband has a long way to go. I cannot paint but am spending any spare time with my art books and doing a bit of thinking.
Love Dianne

Patricia said...

Eat cool salads and drink gin! That will keep you feeling fine.

Love your work.

Momo Luna S!gnals said...

Pretty hot overhere also. :-)

I agree with Cris, your colors are so billiant, makes me happy to look at your work.

Sweet greetz....

Unknown said...

Dianne, Hi, So glad to hear from you! And I think it's a good thing to spend time with art book at times we can't get into our studio, it's inspiring!
My best wishes fly out to you and your husband.

Unknown said...

Patricia, thanks so much for your comment, thanks for the advice, I'll take the cool salad, and leave the gin for you:)
love
Andrea

Unknown said...

Momo Luna, thanks for visiting, today it's even hotter than yesterday...but summer is nice. It makes me want to paint vibrant colours...