Blue Ridge, Daily Painter: Janet Wimmer: Soft Light

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Soft Light

Parkway Series # 371 18 x 36 oil Sold.

Experimenting with softer hues and textures led me to reinvent this painting which was originally one of my earlier 12 x 16 daily paintings. Many of my earlier paintings may end up as studies for larger paintings.

2 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 15, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Janet, I'm glad to see you are painting some larger paintings. These show off your real talent. Very good!
Beverly L., your one time student.
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Commercial Cleaners Oak LawnOctober 12, 2022 at 4:45 AM
Grateful for sharing thiis
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