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| The Collector 14 x 11, gouache on gessoed paper |
So yesterday I went out to my studio without a plan, but looked through my empty frames to see what sizes I had. I found a nice antique gold simple 16 x 20 frame. Then I search for a clean mat that would fit the frame. (For those of you who live near shopping, you might go to the store. But for me, it's a two hour drive to go to town and get home. What I have on hand sometimes has to work.)
The gold frame led me to look in my flat files for a piece of paper prepared with gold gesso. Then I looked around at some of my reference photos and saw this raven I photographed in Yosemite last fall. He's appeared in one painting as the Yosemite Trickster, a small raven on a large painting. But here, in The Collector, he takes a starring role.
I can't say that it always works out as easily as it did yesterday, but I felt really happy with this painting.
Fellow artists, do you ever paint to a frame? How does it work out?
2 comments:
I love your story of how this painting evolved. I often paint to standard frame sizes, but not usually to a specific color of frame. I have one frame that is an odd size that has been hanging around my studio for years. Maybe I should try it!
A whole group of us order 16 x 20 quarter sheet frames and paint for this size. Works great!
Linda
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