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Related: About this forumA painting of my alley in the fall and a friend's peeling garage:


Comments and critiques are welcome!

Docreed2003
(18,134 posts)Love the garage. There's a starkness and emotional quality captured in the small snowbank, the shadow of the tree, and the subtle flaking of the paint. Absolutely love it...could pass for an Ed Hopper
mobeau69
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)GPV
(73,274 posts)Leghorn21
(13,851 posts)Just marvelous work!!
Sanity Claws
(22,181 posts)I imagine that they would appeal to different audiences. Was that your aim?
Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)I and the cat are my only audience, and the cat isn't very interested.
MackinacBridge
(28 posts)Thank you for sharing your work with us. Love the garage. With that banked up snow and low angle of sunlight, it looks very much like my area (43rd parallel)
Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)MackinacBridge
(28 posts)You've captured that snow perfectly. It looks exactly like the crunchy "sugar" snow that is starting to compact and crust over with the warmer temps you and I are both having.
My son is in the Minneapolis area (Brooklyn Park). I'm glad you guys are catching a break from your recent frigid temps.
Happy painting!
Karadeniz
(24,242 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(2,140 posts)ZZenith
(4,360 posts)Both magnificent. Got that lighting just right - I can feel the cold air on my cheeks and the sun trying its best to warm things up.
MLAA
(19,144 posts)You are a master with leaves. The way the wind as blown them in the alley is perfect. On the second painting I love the door with the shadow on it. It just looks perfect to me.
What talent! Looking forward to seeing more 🙂
Did you once post a gorgeous painting of your cat? If so, I loved that one as well.
Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)Jeoffry:
Milo:
Sadly, both passed away this past summer. I miss them a lot.
MLAA
(19,144 posts)A friends cat that I painted
Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)Auggie
(32,224 posts)Love the contrast of shapes in the garage and the shadow on the door. Looks ominous good use of a scary green color IMO. And just whats behind the door???
Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)Auggie
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Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)druidity33
(6,710 posts)I usually get right up to a painting to see detail in small patches. Consider posting a detail pic next time? LOVE the shadows on the second one. And really what a delightful alley. I like that it looks like a storm is coming in. Moody and evocative.
Nice work!
K&R.
Blue_playwright
(1,600 posts)If I had money, Id try to buy that! Lol
housecat
(3,138 posts)ratchiweenie
(8,096 posts)femmedem
(8,506 posts)I especially love the abstract qualities of the garage. And those shadows!
JDC
(10,688 posts)Great work.
harumph
(2,664 posts)the shadow of the tree falling against the door is handled very well.
your painterly treatment of the white door and the shadows on the snow - very well done.
Regarding the alleyway, I'm drawn to the seam or 'T' shape that the leaves have
taken down the center that drives your eye to the central tree across the street.
Both scenes make me feel somber - that there is a stillness and possibly bad news is about to be delivered.
I like both very much.
cachukis
(3,109 posts)when focused senses it elsewhere. Good ones.
No Vested Interest
(5,233 posts)Delphinus
(12,209 posts)Beautiful work - thank you for sharing!
evolves
(5,611 posts)Absolutely lovely!
Escurumbele
(3,769 posts)Just hope no one will try to drive through the fall painting, is very realistic...
You are quite an artist.
not fooled
(6,229 posts)You created beautiful, compelling images out of what are usually perceived as mundane, everyday views.
SunSeeker
(55,524 posts)
Marie Marie
(10,156 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)Damn!
sinkingfeeling
(55,077 posts)AllaN01Bear
(24,833 posts)
dchill
(42,106 posts)bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)MLAA
(19,144 posts)You are a master with leaves. The way the wind as blown them in the alley is perfect. On the second painting I love the door with the shadow on it. It just looks perfect to me.
What talent! Looking forward to seeing more 🙂
Did you once post a gorgeous painting of your cat? If so, I loved that one as well.
ailsagirl
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OMGWTF
(4,681 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)rdking647
(5,113 posts)i wish i could paint. but anything more than stick figures is beyond me
vsrazdem
(2,193 posts)LiberalLoner
(10,956 posts)highplainsdem
(55,527 posts)leighbythesea2
(1,288 posts)Love the color. The garage wall is fantastic.
Racygrandma
(152 posts)I used to paint a lot and have recently picked it up again, I like the subject matter, it like a slice of peoples everyday lives
Trueblue Texan
(3,297 posts)I so admire your skill and the patience it takes to get all those colors right! Even if I am one day able to teach myself to draw and make sense of translating 3d data to 2d, I don't know if I'll ever grow the patience to mix the colors to achieve the right level of light and dark...maybe after I retire I'll take some classes. Thank you so much for sharing this! I'd love to visit that alley!
c-rational
(3,018 posts)catchnrelease
(2,068 posts)Your use of perspective in the alleyway is so well done! The fencing on the right and the lines of the house on the left are perfect and I always think that's a hard thing to get correct. When it's off it just sticks out like a sore thumb to me, so this is really great to see it done so well.
Did you once post a link to a site--blog or website--where you have a series of paintings of your alley through the year? I remember looking at all of that and it was so good.
3catwoman3
(26,547 posts)...I will ever be, I would buy that painting in a heartbeat. I can almost hear the fallen leaves skittering across the pavement should a breeze come along.
Do you ever sell any of your work? I have a feeling I have asked you that before.
Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)they are just for fun, and I'm sort of attached to them since all that I've done are from photos I've taken of places I'm familiar with, and my cats. Thanks for the kind words!
BobTheSubgenius
(11,977 posts)My wife also paints, and, like you, favours realism. You have obviously put in a lot of time developing your craft...or are just naturally uber-talented.
The garage is extremely realistic, which I love, and I am a huge fan of that autumn tree in the driveway picture.
Again....very nicely done!
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Interesting...like a rain was about to start in Indian summer.
bif
(25,224 posts)I especially like the second one. Nice composition.
judesedit
(4,543 posts)
Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)but I think easier and more flexible to work with.
judesedit
(4,543 posts)You are very welcome. Your paintings are beautiful.
usaf-vet
(7,467 posts)Fabulous artwork.
Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)It's really hard to evaluate your own stuff, like trying to edit your own writing. You get so close to it that you don't know whether you've accomplished anything. Thanks for your encouragement!
Sogo
(6,207 posts)You are very talented....
colorado_ufo
(6,042 posts)Color, detail are fantastic. Love the shadows. The only thing my eye wants is a figure in the first, which would energize the scene, and a stronger focal point in the second, to keep the eye from wandering.
TREMENDOUS TALENT! Thank you for sharing with us!
MFM008
(20,039 posts)Did you ever see Georgia O Keefees many door paintings?
Look them up if not.
Excellent work!
Oppaloopa
(902 posts)Do you sell any of your paintings?
Ocelot II
(124,343 posts)I just do it for fun, and I don't think I could part with that one because it took so long to finish. And it's the alley behind my house so I'm kind of attached to it. But I'm glad you like it!
bucolic_frolic
(49,952 posts)mwb970
(11,827 posts)I can write a song, but I can't imagine being able to create visual art like this.
Joinfortmill
(17,870 posts)nuxvomica
(13,267 posts)It sets things apart yet everything is consistent by lighting and intensity. This distinction of objects is something I've seen prominently in the works of Van Gogh and Rousseau, not so much with the Impressionists, and taken to the extreme by the Cubists. Your take on it is very pleasing to the eye.
crickets
(26,158 posts)You have a way with light. These are both quite beautiful paintings - thanks so much for sharing them!
JudyM
(29,542 posts)The alley reads like a story.
Wonderful work, Ocelot II!
alfredo
(60,166 posts)birdographer
(2,937 posts)I love everything about it.
I wish I could do that!
11 Bravo
(24,103 posts)patricia92243
(12,943 posts)Had to look twice before I realized I was reading it wrong.
Ocelot II
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lillypaddle
(9,605 posts)Your use of shadows is just ... well, glorious.
samnsara
(18,483 posts)samnsara
(18,483 posts)ryebreadneo
(12 posts)This really awesome. I LOVE IT!