Friday, September 8, 2017

Autumn Afternoon

An acrylic painting of trees at Walton Woods in autumn
Autumn Afternoon
Acrylic on gessobord
8”x10”
Chris Breier © 2017
We're heading into Autumn which is one of my favorite seasons. The saturated colors and the longer shadows make for more dramatic landscapes. I sometimes feel as though the colors in my painting are exaggerated but some of the colors found in nature are even brighter. On occasion I'll be walking through the woods and I'll stumble upon a scene that seems like magic- in this scene it was the saturated yellow greens of grass and the long shadows that stopped me in my tracks.