Sunday, February 20, 2011

Radiating Snow Shadows by Pam Holnback

Diagonal Snow Shadows
6" x 6" Oil on panel
$100.00 + $10. s/h

Last fall I did a series of paintings using aspen tree shadows to study Edgar Payne's forms of composition. After our recent snow I went for a walk and took photos.  It was way to cold for plein air work. This piece combines his radiating and diagonal lines arrangements.  Had I shown more of the shadow from the hidden tree on the right, you would easily see the radiating lines.  But, since that's not visible this is almost diagonal.   I think combining arrangements would be okay with Edgar Payne.  He stated:  "it is well to improvise without considering any particular form or arrangement." 

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