Somewhere between the art of tonalism and luminism is a painting of all the colors seen on the horizon at the moment of sunrise. It depicts the time when a night-darkened horizon line breaks loose from the underground with bright light. Colors go from soft grey to white streams of light that allow colors to jettison through the atmosphere, bouncing onto the grounds and waters below.
It is a moment of rainbow color craziness, lasting only a few seconds before the plain morning light breaks, leaving the simpler blues and yellows of breakfast sunshine.
An en plein air painter might have 10 seconds to observe the shifting array of sunrise colors.
Photography and painting alter it, limited by the technology, techniques and mechanisms used to depict it.
I call this painting, Alone Together.
These sketches were completed during the period of time that I have been taking the art class called Painting on the Edge taught by Michael Orwick, offered through the Oregon Society of Artists.
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Wow. MARY! You have gone so far this year. All that talent coming together with skill and insight.
Thank you for this. It has been a challenging and insightful year for us all.