Back in July I posted about the Asian pavilion, a beautiful Chinese-style building set on the east bank of the Des Moines River across from downtown. It's the central feature of the Robert Ray Asian Gardens. The garden area includes stone lanterns, sculptural rock formations and decorative plantings. I had painted an 11x14 plein air of the pavilion that I included in the blog, enjoying the way the roof lines and the curves step back, so like branches of a huge tree. Mostly that time I wanted to capture morning light on the roof and surrounding tree branches. Since then the gardens and river have become a favorite for plein air work and those paintings in turn fuel later studio compositions.
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| "Landmark," oil on panel, 9x12, available |
This is a studio painting derived in part from plein air studies like that one. In this small oil my intent was to contrast textures from sky to trees to roof. The roof and its ornamentation compelling sandwiched between the organic forms. The deep reds and greens of the pavilion against broken clouds made a satisfying pattern of abstraction.
This particular work is featured this month on my website.
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