The first thing I noticed when browsing through Frank Gardner’s marine paintings was the recurrence of the wall motif. In towns — on terra firma — it was people against the walls; here, at sea, it is the boats. But perhaps the artist takes the contrast up a notch, to a level where it mutates […]
Frank Gardner is an American painter (and art instructor) currently residing and working in Mexico. Oil is his medium; he applies it to cotton and linen canvases to create outdoor scenes and landscapes involving farm, urban and marine subject-matter. Frank Gardner publishes his work online on his blog and on his website. Many of his […]
As I already mentioned in the first review, Deborah Paris aims at completeness of the viewing experience. Her marine scenes offer exactly that: the artist employs the relatively limited genre inventory to the fullest. Her template of sea paintings consists of a three leveled composition, with some loud action occurring on the forefront, the sea […]
It is said that imagination is the most powerful tool humans have. You’ve got the Power! We have touched imagination several times already while talking about brainstorming — but these were mostly motivational statements. Motivation is important, and you will find more of it here. However, the main purpose of this chapter is to suggest […]
Having little to no knowledge of the technical side of painting snow, I would guess that the substance poses at least two creative problems. First, white seems counter-intuitive and restrictive in terms of main palette choice — just by being a “colorless” color. When covering wide spaces, white may confuse, possibly repel the viewer; negative […]