RIDGE - 48"X38" - OOC (Update)

tassieguy

This is a dolerite ridge that you can be follow to the summit of Kunanyi which you can see in the distance at upper right.  I liked the "Z" movement of the boulders and the pink and green colour scheme. This is the biggest picture I've ever painted. I got it done in about 10 days. It was a lot of work but I enjoyed painting this one.

There are still a few touches needed to finish it completely. I took this photo at night under my crappy studio lights so the right side is a little too dark, the structure in the clouds doesn't show up and, in reality, the colours are a bit richer. But it gives an idea of the painting (but see edit note below). It's big and works best when seen full size - it has more impact than is possible to show in a small photo like this. 

All that notwithstanding, I'd appreciate any feed back folks care to give. 

Thanks for taking a look.

Edit: I've made a few changes and replaced the awful photo I took last night with one taken outside in daylight. 

MichaelD

@tassieguy,

That is a big piece Rob, I love the textures of rock and shrubberies. There are so many colours in those rocks and you are a master at them, I can imagine it is pretty striking to see it for real.

The sky looks a little washed out/faint but maybe its just the photo, Though im aware its in distance too.

Great work 

tassieguy

Thanks, @MichaelD. 

The sky will look better when I take a photo outside in daylight. 

Richard_P

Really nice Rob. I love all the muted hues. In fact I think you have used every colour in the rainbow here! I like your tree and sea paintings the best, but that's just my personal preference rather than any technical critique on these paintings.

For some reason I can no longer open photos on DMP at full size by right clicking on them and selecting 'open in new tab' as it opens an even smaller version

Oh.. I know it's not intentional but the colour patterns on the rocks kind of reminds me of Seurat's colour pointillism approach

GTO

Wow.  This is a big painting.  I imagine it feels different in person with this large boulders in the foreground.  

tassieguy

Thanks, @Richard_P and @GTO. 

I took a better photo outside today and replaced the one I originally posted.

GTO

Looks fantastic in the light.  The speckled colors in the dolerite is consistent.  That must have taken some patience to do.

tassieguy

Thanks, @GTO.   Yes, it was a lot of work. The rocks are basically specks of pink/orange and green/blue with a violet undertone but the value and chroma of these colours varies throughout the picture so it was quite difficult keeping control of that. 

@Richard_P, I didn't set out to do pointillism a la Seurat but there was no other way I could think of the to show the texture of the rocks. I hope it works and doesn't look too fiddly.   

ArtGal

Looks fantastic @tassieguy! This size painting on the wall will look mesmerizing
 

joydeschenes

Wow…  I like the “Z” in the composition too. But 10 days.. you where busy! Again , like your last path one I’d love to see these in person. 

tassieguy

Thanks very much, @ArtGal and @joydeschenes. Much appreciated. I'm hoping this one is good enough to include in my January show. I haven't got many done that I'm happy with this year because I've been so ill - three operations and four hospitalizations in the last 6 months have held me back. When I was ill the quality of my work declined. But I'm better now and, luckily, I still have four months left to do some good ones. 

GTO

The color/texture of the rocks looks natural.  They don’t look fiddled with.
I am impressed with your dedication given all the health issues you’ve been through this year.  I think the works you’ve done during this time look great and will do well for the next show.

tassieguy

Thanks, @GTO. I'm glad the rocks look right.

I've got six or seven I'm happy enough with to show.  And I still have four months left so, now that I'm well again,  I should be able to get a dozen ready for January. The gallery director texted me today about the show and asked how the painting is going. I didn't tell her about my illnesses and the need to catch up. I'll tell her about all that after the show.  Not sure how many more of these shows I want to do. I'm working harder now than I did before I retired, lol. 

oilpainter1950

Impressive to say the least

tassieguy

Thanks very much, @oilpainter1950. 

anwesha

Beautiful details on this piece @tassieguy ! and i see such variation of colors in the little brush strokes on the rocks, blue, yellow, purple and they combine so well into an overall pink colors as a mass... really genius!

tassieguy

Thanks so much, @anwesha. 

ASCooperband

Beautiful painting.  My only suggestion is that the rocks on the left side just below the horizon could be softened a bit to make them recede more so they don't draw your eye off the canvas.

Abstraction

The subject deserves the magnitude of the canvas. Big scenery, big painting... just lovely. It's grand and does that up close but then stretching towards infinity thing I love.

Only one tidy up - the main bush in the foreground appears to have a horizontal scratch of something towards the top.

tassieguy

Thanks. @ASCooperband and @Abstraction.

That's a good suggestion, @ASCooperband. I could soften those rocks with a transparent white/blue glaze now that it's dry.

@Abstraction, that horizontal scratch is not really there - it's an artifact from the processing of the photo of the painting. Occasionally, when I save a RAW photo as a jpg in GIMP or Affinity it misses a little bit of data and leaves a white line like that.

Thanks to both again for your kind comments.