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Painting With Light – Reflections

REFLECTIONS by Linda Marie

 Gathering at Sundown Oil over gold leaf on canvas 30″ x 48″

Reflections by Linda Marie

Have you ever wondered how to paint the bright light of the sun on blades of grass?

What about capturing that ethereal look of mist and fog?

For the last several years, I have been painting landscapes and wondered how I could get that brilliant light of New Mexico sunsets to flash in my artwork.  I had seen works of Gustav Klimt and ancient paintings of iconic people with gold foil behind them and it struck me that perhaps I could use gold leaf to recreate the sun’s refracted light.

My largest painting for this show, “The Gathering at Sundown”, is a 30”x 48” oil painting on canvas with gold leaf substrate.  As seen above, the painting experience taught me a lot about which oils were more transparent or opaque, and which oils anchored the image.  I haven’t counted how many ducks, geese and sandhill cranes I painted in that particular piece. I will leave it to you, the viewer, to count, if you wish.

 

Everything has a Silver Lining 24″ x 30″ oil over silver and gold leaf. SOLD
Snowbirds Retreat Encaustic % Oil on panel

 

Raven Phoenix Oil over gold leaf on a panel  SOLD
Shall We Dance? SOLD
We Are Stardust, We Are Golden Encaustic & oil on panel SOLD
REFLECTION Encaustic and Oil on panel
Out of the Storm 16″ x 12″ Encaustic & Oil SOLD
Cosmic Enlightenment 30″ x 12″ Oil over gold leaf. SOLD
Bathed in Sunlight Oil over gold leaf on wood  -SOLD
Hummingbird Ballet Oil over goldleaf on wood – SOLD
Life Can Be Prickly at Times – Oil over gold leaf on wood –  SOLD
SUNRISE SUNSET Oil over goldleaf on wood -SOLD
Sunshine Makes Me Happy. Oil over gold leaf on board – SOLD
Manzano Sunrise – Oil over gold leaf on wooden panel
Yellow Bird Oil over gold leaf on wood  – SOLD
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  • La Galeria @ The Shaffer On-Line Store
  • Meet The ARTISTS!
  • Rebecca Anthony
  • Linda Marie
  • Linda Marie New Mexico Landscapes/Skyscapes
  • Linda Marie – Rural New Mexico
  • Indigenous People
  • Linda Marie – Watercolors
  • Painting With Light – Reflections
  • Ray Darnell
  • Dianne Doan
  • Karen Dressler Argeanas
  • Gayle Van Horn
  • Anne Marie Werner-Smith
  • Ruth Ballen
  • Events
  • Creative Coffee
  • “Reflections” by Linda Marie
  • 2023 Events

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