Monday, November 30, 2009

In them ol' cotton fields back home...



This was a demo I painted during a workshop this summer.












Recently, I took a 4 and a half hour drive to Savannah to my friend Diane's home; from there we drove to Jacksonville, Florida, to watch CW Mundy do a painting demonstration (you must see his work: www.cwmundy.com/collections). We were totally inspired by Mundy. And she and I have committed to paint something, using his technique, before December 6, and send each other a jpeg of our paintings. If it's successful, I'll post it here too.

But back to the trip. On my way to Savannah, always on the alert for a picture, I carried my camera. The cotton fields in south Georgia are ready to harvest. I did not grow up around cotton fields, so I always find them startling...cotton, growing on a plant. It just seems strange to me. I figured there are probably many people who have never seen a cotton field or cotton plant close up either. So I put on my emergency flashers, and pulled over to the side of the road on I-16, in the middle of nowhere, with semi's rushing by, and waded through knee-high weeds to get close to a field.

5 comments:

  1. Cool. I've never seen cotton fields!
    Your demo painting is stunning.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I agree about the demo painting- "stunning" is the right word. Maybe you should more often focus on the face, as in this one. But, then again, if it ain't broke...

    ReplyDelete
  3. 這麼優的部落格,不踩一下不開心..................................................

    ReplyDelete
  4. I've just translated the chinese comment above (on Google):

    So excellent blog, do not tread look unhappy

    ReplyDelete
  5. thanks for translating this... i like this great posting very much. thanks for this.


    Cotton Yarn Manufacturer

    ReplyDelete