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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Bird, Suitcase, Bike


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close-up of "Bird, Suitcase, Bike"
I did this larger painting yesterday from a photo I took in Freiburg, Germany a couple of years ago. The sign at the top reads "Engel - Apotheke" which means Angel Pharmacy. Here is the close-up of the lady. -->

So, what's funny about this is it had 2 more people in it, but they were both in awkward positions so I left them out. My husband came in and said, "These 2 look awful lonely." I puzzled over it for about an hour and finally looked up pictures of pigeons (which we see in Freiburg) in similar light and added one along the bottom. I don't usually add things like that, but I think it turned out really well.

In other news, I took some frozen pictures yesterday, and finished my quilt!
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14 comments:

  1. Karen Boe1/23/2013 8:26 PM

    This is beautiful Carol - I think you made a good call and you did a great job of "pasting" the bird into the scene - looks like it belongs. I imagine scaling it took some extra thought. I also like that it's facing out - makes me feel that there's life happening beyond the frame.

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  2. Sue Marrazzo Fine Art1/23/2013 10:16 PM

    Nice painting...NICE POST, too!

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  3. Celia Blanco1/23/2013 10:37 PM

    I like the addition of the pigeon, great painting.

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  4. Lee Ekland1/23/2013 11:16 PM

    Love the tension between the woman and the pigeon, love this painting!

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  5. Anja Essler1/23/2013 11:49 PM

    This is brilliant - wow. And when do you plan to come to Germany again? Pleeeease! :-) In any case, I would sign up immediately!

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  6. Robie Benve1/24/2013 5:52 AM

    Carol,
    Beautiful painting, awesome bike, and I love the addition of the pigeon (yay David!)

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  7. Karen d'Angeac Mihm1/24/2013 6:20 AM

    Love it Carol, what a great composition! I think the pigeon looks awesome there!

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  8. Linda Popple1/24/2013 6:21 AM

    Very nice! I am so impressed with the bicycle! Amazing!

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  9. Trinka1/24/2013 8:36 AM

    Wow - lovely! I'm a new fan and have been working on a 42x36 for a year now (talk about procrastination!)
    I love your use of color and also just the suggestion of spokes. I've been so mired with getting detail perfect - thanks for freeing me!
    Trinka

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  10. Carol Marine1/24/2013 9:30 AM

    Thanks you guys!! It sure makes a girl feel grand to get so many wonderful comments!

    Anja- I will be in Germany again this spring but not to teach. : ( It's just a family visit. Sorry about that.

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  11. Karen Werner1/24/2013 4:23 PM

    Fabulous! Perfect composition.

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  12. Carol Jessen1/25/2013 7:18 AM

    Reminds me of Hopper! Nice painting!

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  13. Amanda Eck1/27/2013 10:34 PM

    nice artwork. you have really copied the original photo to a lively painting.

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  14. Helen Ström1/30/2013 2:37 AM

    Yeah! Something about Hopper here! nice!

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