The photo reference is a public park near Buffalo, New York where I used to live, but as we left that area almost 20 years ago, the photo is at least that old and the park has probably changed since then. I remember it as a very pleasant place to take a walk and have memories of going there with my now deceased parents when they came to visit once.
In March 2008 I made the suprising discovery that I had a little artistic talent which had been lying dormant all my life. I started with simple still life subjects but as time went on I progressed to more complex subjects. The only medium I paint in is pastels which I love. They do tend to be messy but I love the immediacy of the work, involving no mixing with turps or water, just pure pigment directly applied and mixed right there on the paper. Carol Conrad
Thursday, March 12, 2009
There hasn't been much activity on this page for a while, mainly because I was in Florida for almost 2 weeks on vacation. This picture was on my easel went I went away and I have just managed to get back to it to finish it and tweak it in a few places. I'm reasonably happy with it now, but as always it's hard to know when to stop.
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