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Dec 9, 2017
Media: Oil on Pannelli Telati Panel
Size: 5x7 in
It's
all over down here in southern Utah ... Red Rocks ... ancient sedimentary
rock. That doesn't mean there are not
other colours present in this geological landscape, there are; yellow ochres,
browns, tans and even greens, but red is the predominate colour one thinks
about once darkness falls and the day is considered before sleep. This makes for a very interesting landscape
of contrasting colours, with the greens of the Junipers, Pinyon Pines,
Sagebrush and other bushes complementing the earth red rocks; kind of like
subdued Christmas colours everywhere.
The cliffs especially glow at sundown, almost on fire, and I have
observed most clear evenings, about twenty to thirty minutes after the sun has
set, the cliffs radiating a different sort of glow seemingly from within while
the rest of the landscape and the sky are darkened with the dusk. This glow seems to last about ten or so
minutes. In the painting the butte in
the distance is known as the Tower of Babel (no I don't know why), seen from
Park Avenue, and the pillar of rock in the center has no name that I have
discovered. The Pigments used in the
painting are ... Imprimatura & Drawing: Rublev Ercolano Red; Pigments:
W&N Cerulean, Cobalt & Ultramarine Deep Blues, Cadmiums Yellow Pale
& Orange; Rublev: Ercolano Red, Purple Ochre, Orange Molybdate, Lead White
#1. For more check out
my blog at www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
It's
all over down here in southern Utah ... Red Rocks ... ancient sedimentary
rock. That doesn't mean there are not
other colours present in this geological landscape, there are; yellow ochres,
browns, tans and even greens, but red is the predominate colour one thinks
about once darkness falls and the day is considered before sleep. This makes for a very interesting landscape
of contrasting colours, with the greens of the Junipers, Pinyon Pines,
Sagebrush and other bushes complementing the earth red rocks; kind of like
subdued Christmas colours everywhere.
The cliffs especially glow at sundown, almost on fire, and I have
observed most clear evenings, about twenty to thirty minutes after the sun has
set, the cliffs radiating a different sort of glow seemingly from within while
the rest of the landscape and the sky are darkened with the dusk. This glow seems to last about ten or so
minutes. In the painting the butte in
the distance is known as the Tower of Babel (no I don't know why), seen from
Park Avenue, and the pillar of rock in the center has no name that I have
discovered. The Pigments used in the
painting are ... Imprimatura & Drawing: Rublev Ercolano Red; Pigments:
W&N Cerulean, Cobalt & Ultramarine Deep Blues, Cadmiums Yellow Pale
& Orange; Rublev: Ercolano Red, Purple Ochre, Orange Molybdate, Lead White
#1. For more check out
my blog at www.StevenThorJohanneson.blogspot.com
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