New commission goes home
Hello Readers (thank you for reading!),
I just finished this commissioned painting yesterday and today it went off to its new home down the road at our friend’s house. We play music together regularly, so I’ll actually be able to visit this one, hopefully for years to come. It’s a view from their beach house on lake Huron. I felt good about this piece. It was challenging for sure. Near the end of working on it I kept wanting to see the wave in the foreground finish its rush to the beach. It’s like there’s an eternal tension created in the expectation of release. Tonally, it was tough as well. Really subtle pre-storm tones of green and purple. A bit of a brain melter trying to find the right balance.
Commissions can be uncomfortable. You have to lay down some ground rules so that it’s not like working with a creative team with color adjustments for matching couches and so on. I can’t and won’t deal with that kind of client. They need another type of painter. And even though in twenty years I’ve never had a piece returned or refused, you always wonder if it might happen. Knock on art wood. Anyways, it’s always good to see the faces of people who you know really, really like the piece they’ve ended up with. A few have cried. I kinda felt bad. But not really.
D
Wow Dave, this is really off the charts incredible! I can’t imagine the time and effort in this piece….truly beautiful my friend!!!
Cheers
Jeff
Dave, You can visit your painting I now have at my house on Wolfe Island. Trees coming through the snow. It was featured on the poster for an art show you did at the Brickworks three years ago or so.
Would love to get you to come up to my hunt camp (Noganosh – Steve Mc Dad’s hunt camp). A moose hunt. It’d be fun. http://www.Noganosh.com
PS – Love the painting
I’ve never been to Wolfe Island, ya know? Crazy. Always meant to go. Perhaps we’ll get the kids out there this or next summer. A drop by would be great. I always love seeing pieces after years.
And Noganosh would also rock.. Lemme know if and when that might happen.
zowie! shades of Ken Danby.. 🙂
This is breathtaking David. You are so utterly gifted.
Hi David
You can visit your pieces at my place any time. I think I’m up to 5 now!! It’s time for a new commission I think!
Hope you are well.
D
Hi David,
I’d love to come down with a camera and visit them duly equipped. I’m good to go on a commission after the Yuletide goes out again. Let’s chat in the New Year. All the best. Merry Christmas.
D
Thanks again, Jude. See you soon!