Thursday, October 31, 2013

Church alerts on the road to Charlottetown

Road Trip, PEI - oil on panel, 12x16 inches
While in Prince Edward Island, I started this painting after a road trip we took to Charlottetown... then it sat on the shelf for 6 weeks.  I may get a tweaking, yet. Can you feel my delight in that bucholic landscape? Sometimes it's difficult not to let my imagination take over completely, but I do work at grounding my thoughts as best I can with the principles of 'light on form'.  
In PEI, there are a lot of churches dotting the landscape.  As we drove along, Susan would spot them first and call out: " Church alert! "  Some were well worth a slow down to view the particular architectural features; many were quite unique.

Speaking of bucholic landscapes...I just got back from a few days in Victoria, and my oh my, the colour there at this time of year is spectacular; golden autumn light creeps into every nook and cranny of the landscape, both rural and urban.  I didn't sketch while there, but did take a few pics of the trees. Of course the pictures don't do them justice at all, as my photography skills lack the ability to capture the brilliance.

6 comments:

  1. Sally your painting is beautiful! The cloudy sky is particularly eye catching. You have such a unique style and I love it!!

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  2. P.S. I meant to say... the photos of the trees look great too. I imagine that Autumn is a sight to behold in Canada and Northern USA.

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  3. Hi Wendy! Great to hear from you, thanks for your much appreciated comments! Life has been quite full these days, so not as much blog posting going on, but I'm sure I will be back in the saddle soon. Hope you're enjoying your lovely spring weather.

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  4. Love the painting - it seems to take you on a little journey following that winding road. Hope all is going well. Speak soon - off to Ottawa this weekend to officially become Canadian - hurrah!!

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  5. Love your colorful landscape, I see some van Gogh in it :-)

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  6. Hallo Sarah! glad you like the painting. Early congrats for this weekend! We must get together soon.

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