LINDA H. POST FINE ART

The light is mysterious in this painting. Perhaps that's because I originally planned a brilliant blue sky. The deep red has a presence

So this is where I am at the end of today. This painting is just starting to gain presence and solidity. It's important to work back and forth, playing flesh tones against fabric, bodies against stone, a glimpse of sky through draperies. Getting it right, so that the painting seems so real - yet is not - hangs on how convincing the reality is. These girls have never met each other, the setting is completely imaginary, the seagull seems so important but was almost the last com

Island time. When I'm away on vacation, a massage seems to be in order. This one took place in a tiny island cottage, open to the sand and sea. The filmy drapes around the open window gave glimpses of the sky through the translucent fabric. I knew there was a painting there. It took a year for it to become the backdrop of this painting. #island #massage #sea #sky

But this painting actually had its genesis last year, when all of the images I wanted to use started to fall into place in my mind. I looked through a stockpile of photographs I've taken over the years and began to put the pieces together in my computer. I had two models in mind for this painting. Working in Photoshop, I selected the particular images I wanted to use and after creating the setting, I moved them around the picture. This was my first attempt. The girl on the le

Writing a blog is a bit like posting on Facebook. Since this is my first blog entry on this new website, I'll share where my painting is today, but I'll also go back to the beginning. Who isn't interested in how a painting comes about? This is where I began today. #painting #sea #seagull #carousel #girls #stonewall