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bif

(23,980 posts)
Tue Dec 8, 2020, 12:46 PM Dec 2020

My latest painting kind of reminded me of Edward Hopper

Not that I'm remotely in the same league with the master. But after I got done with this, I felt it had the same lonely feel to it that so many of his paintings do.

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My latest painting kind of reminded me of Edward Hopper (Original Post) bif Dec 2020 OP
Yes, it does. sinkingfeeling Dec 2020 #1
It also has the same element of creating the viewer's lunatica Dec 2020 #2
Thanks guys! bif Dec 2020 #3
Yes leighbythesea2 Dec 2020 #4

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
2. It also has the same element of creating the viewer's
Tue Dec 8, 2020, 04:45 PM
Dec 2020

own storytelling ability. You feel curious about what the lone chair placed outdoors is doing there. It’s like a sentinel standing guard, waiting for its human to return.

I like your composition with geometric use of squares and diamond and straight lines with everything placed off center in a casual way with the sun shining strongly and at an angle so the viewer knows it’s mid morning or mid afternoon. You colors are soft, clean, and sharp.

Your Marshes Landscape is quite a contrast with it’s moodiness and tumultuous look, giving the impression of dark clouds gathering and wind whipping the tree branches and plants, getting ready to unleash a storm on the landscape. The colors are bright but dark and the light puts the tree and vegetation in dark relief against the sky.

The contrast is striking between a quiet sunny day and the moment of turmoil before a storm is unleashed.

Both paintings tell a story and it’s fun, as the observer, to have some input in how we choose to add to the story. Thanks!

leighbythesea2

(1,216 posts)
4. Yes
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 12:33 AM
Dec 2020

It does! I bet there's a lot of "compositions" out there suited to edward hopper right now? Hadn't thought of it. Your lighting and composition are definitely evoking the solitary feeling..

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