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Go Big 2

28/1/2020

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Week two in Laurie's class I brought this 9"X12" sketch that I did at Wakami Lake Provincial Park.  I figured that if I went big with it I could get more layers of clouds and increase the sense of depth.  I always finished a painting in one sitting.  When working outside it is very difficult to go back to the same location with the same conditions. Finishing a plein air painting inside usually kills the freshness.
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I worked on this 20"X24" painting for a full class (about 5 hours) and put it away for two weeks.  It was close but it still needed some work.  I brought it back to class and put in a few more hours on it.  I am really excited about this one.  These aren't masterpieces but I have made the jump to painting larger from my sketches.  I have always found the idea intimidating however I can now see me spending a lot of time in my studio at the lake.
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Go Big or Go Home

19/1/2020

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Go home to a new home.  We are moving. 

​Debbie and I are moving into my family home near Bancroft, Ontario and the thought of having a studio, albeit small, with a view of the lake has me energized. I was starting to feel like I was in a rut.  I am getting better but I am doing the same thing over and over.  A new home in a new environment seemed the perfect time to rethink what I am doing.  I have taken Laurie Wonfor Nolan's abstract class a couple of times and she has inspired me to paint big and to think of composition in abstract terms.  I have wanted to do some large pieces from my sketches so I enrolled in her open studio class to get help.

For the first class I took this plein air sketch that I painted last summer on Willisville Mountain.  I thought that it had lots of potential because of the stormy feel to the painting.
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I am excited and encouraged by this result.  It was thrilling to be using a big brush and full arm movements while I painted it.  I am not sure that it is finished but I will put it aside for a week or so and look at it fresh.  This painting is 24" by 30" acrylic on stretched canvas.

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    John Christie

    I am an artist who works almost exclusively from life.  Either in front of a sitting model or outside at my easel or better yet sitting on a rock during a canoe trip.

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