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Artists Inspirations: I recently went on a
trip to the Pacific northwest and Victoria Canada.
I loved my visit to Victoria Harbor (or harbour if you are Canadian). It
is a beautiful harbor teeming with life. It has lots
of funky, colorful house boats and a beautiful marina. It
is the inspiration for the harbor part of my
painting, with lots of artistic license of course.
While in Victoria, I was searching out the best fish
& chips and got the idea for the floating fish shack
in the painting. I love a harbor where you you can
buy fresh fish, crabs, mussels right off the boat.
This artwork was painted in pure egg tempera
made from natural crushed stone & earth mixed with a
bit of water and egg yolk.. Blues come from crushed
lapis lazuli, greens from malachite & natural green
earth found around Verona Italy. Painter Linda Paul
uses fascinating colors which have been "lost" for
hundreds of years & new colors which she has
discovered in the Rocky Mountains. Her earth ochers
come from the ancient mines of France &
Italy. read
more about egg tempera paintings:
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Here is how my boats in the harbor painting was created:
September 4, 2008 I have
started my sketches for a new painting. This
is a rough sketch of just the old boat that I want
in the foreground. I want a harbor painting that is
alive with life & spirit. The old boat will be a
floating fish shack and restaurant .
September 15, 2008
I know that I want bright colors for the fish
shack boat and house boats, but I am not sure what
color I want the sky and the water, so I am going to
do a little study painting of sky and water and
a single sailboat. I have put down and under layer of
slate blue and white shades and then I will start
layering colors and some fascinating metallic
pigments which should have a beautiful shimmering
effect on the water
September 18
Just from starting the study (above)
I know that I want beautiful color in the sky
that reflects into the water. I have started on the
sky and water portion of the big painting. I have
painted a blue and white base for the water and then
I have put a layer of pure liquid silver over
the blue. This does two things. It creates shimmery
glints of light and it also isolates the blue to
that I can overlay other colors without it blending
with the blue. Its also just cool to use pure silver
in painting . You can't do that in an oil painting,
only in egg tempera
A little sidebar:
I took a little trip out to
the Pacific Northwest this summer. My main
base was the Port Angeles/Sequim area , and from
there I went out to the farthest northwest point of
the United States called Cape Flattery. This
is one of the most beautiful places I have ever
been. The spirit of the land and sea is amazing.
I love everything fishy and would love to live in a
fishing port. For now I will have to settle for
visiting and painting it. The area was very
inspirational. I was inspired by the boats and the
water and the seafood! So I am playing with
the idea of a old, colorful fishing boat
turned fish shack against a backdrop of coastline,
sailboats and the ocean.
If you ever get out to Neah Bay and
make sure you stop at this fish shack on the
reservation for the best smoked salmon you will ever
eat in your life. From humble things comes
greatness. Its hard to describe the sublime taste of
this salmon.
Here is a picture of the fish shack
and smoker. Make sure you stop and get some! Its
down the road from the museum and cultural center as
you go through the town area of Neah Bay, but its on
a side street, off the main drag, so watch for it or
ask a local.
No chi chi store or fancy smoker, just the best smoked
salmon you will ever have in your life
Take home Fish Co - Neah Bay, Washington
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