JO REIMER: At the Edge of the Forest

Monday, August 11, 2008

At the Edge of the Forest

Acrylic on Paper

16"x20"

Available

Mondays are busy for me but I managed to find time for some painting this afternoon, done from a photo by my friend, Nina Bagley. I'm noticing what happens at the edges of natural things... the contrast of light and dark at the edge where meadow meets forest, the glow at the edge of a rose petal in the morning sun, the prism of colors on the shell of a soap bubble, the light edge on the tree trunks that I see out my studio window, the shadow edge on the house siding created by the sun shining on an overlapping board, the dark edge of my friend's cheek as light glows behind her. And I realize that I don't stop to look, not often enough, at this beautiful world that God created for us to enjoy. I hope you stop for awhile today just to look and wonder at the beauty around you.

2 comments:

Anonymous11:31 AM PDT
ohhhhhh - WONDERFUL! and i know precisely which photograph you chose for this: the western view from my bedroom window in wisconsin. heaven. and you captured it perfectly, jo. lovely. xo
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Cindy Woods9:50 PM PDT
Hey Jo, just found your blog--nice to see you again! I love this painting, and what a good reminder to stop and really look at what's right in front of us. Thanks for the inspiration! xo
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Art Tip: brush cleaning

As I work with acrylic medium for glue or with acrylic paints I stand my brushes in a bucket of water on my work table and give them a soap and water cleanup every day or so. But eventually my brushes get gunky and sometimes I forget to clean them. That's when I clean them with Murphy's Oil Soap. I keep an inch of MOS mixed 1:1 with water in a tall plastic tub (Feta from Costco) and put caked brushes in that solution overnight. By the next day the soap has softened the brush and with a bit of elbow grease I can get the brushes back to useable. This also works for brushes used with oil paint. I gave up using oils but wanted to save those good brushes and Murphy's Oil Soap came to the rescue. Get it at the grocery store.