Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Night Moves

Original Oil, 24x36. This past spring I visited the National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum. I was so inspired by the paintings of American who came before me, in particular, Frederic Remington. I knew I wanted to try a moon light painting and Zebras would be the perfect subject. I don't have any reference for Zebras under moonlight. My photography skills have not reached that level! I only have memories and, of course, the actual moon. It was interesting to see what moonlight really does to color and trying to portray it in an artistic experiment. It was a great challenge and I hope to do more.

5 comments:

Marc Calvo said...

Its really a marvelous picture!,its so fabulous, to see how the moon light reflect all the picture elements,the landscape the zebras;interesting theme,to painting animals under the moon light.Bravo!!.

Terry Miller said...

Superific! I know, it's not a word but it sure describes how I feel about this painting! Great job, Julie.

Ray Brown said...

My new favorite! A wonderful piece of work, well done.

john said...

Truly inspirational work. Luscious is a good word for it.

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