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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Clearly scattered

Apple Time
oil on canvas
6 x 6 inches
©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

Here is painting #29 of my 100 painting project. Doing these little paintings is giving me so many ideas for works I would like to do, larger works, and themes I would like to explore. In the past, whenever I would get some fantastic new idea for a series, I would often start but then not take that idea through to it's conclusion. Somewhere along the way I would get some other fantastic new idea and then explore that for a bit until after a while I had several series going where I had only just begun to play with a particular concept. So this 100 painting project is proving to be a good discipline for my scattered mind. It is something simple to achieve from start to finish, a good, clear goal. And while I am focused on this project, I allow my ideas to run wild, taking lots of notes, making plans and revising those plans, so that I just maybe will be ready for the next clear goal to set.
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16 comments:

  1. Jennifer RoseJune 3, 2010 at 10:40 AM

    very shiny red apples. well done :D

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  2. Sherry Pierce ThurnerJune 3, 2010 at 1:56 PM

    Oh wow, oh wow, this is a winner, an appealing subject handled with skill and sensitivity.

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  3. ShirleyJune 3, 2010 at 4:43 PM

    Another beautiful oil painting. You achieve such a fantastic smooth surface.

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  4. TeresaJune 3, 2010 at 5:36 PM

    Wow... this is beautiful! I like the idea about taking notes.. I need to start doing that.

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  5. E*phiJune 4, 2010 at 4:47 AM

    Wow, incredible! These look as if one could just take one and bite into it! I love the play between darkness and light too! <3

    And yes, please! Feel free to add my project to your list, it'd be an honor! :) Thx!

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  6. SarahJune 4, 2010 at 5:37 AM

    Lovely reds - very inviting painting!

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  7. Autumn LeavesJune 4, 2010 at 6:22 AM

    My favorite apple painting ever...These babies look like grandma is going to begin peeling them any second for a pie. That homey feeling just comes right along with this pile of apples. Lovely and beautifully rendered, Ann!

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  8. BénédicteJune 4, 2010 at 8:29 AM

    Beautiful! Your fruits paintings are incredible.

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  9. UnknownJune 4, 2010 at 3:22 PM

    Your work is always so great, but your fruit still lifes are among my favorites. This is fabulous. I love the lighting you do with these. I don't know a lot about art history, but it reminds me of the way Dutch (I think?) paintings are lit.

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  10. AnonymousJune 4, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    WONDERFUL!!! LOVE IT!!!

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  11. Lynn Logan RoselliJune 4, 2010 at 9:46 PM

    Wonderful!

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  12. padmajaJune 5, 2010 at 2:07 AM

    I liked the richness that has been achieved with these apples, nice highlights! I also loved "path"..

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  13. KJune 5, 2010 at 12:16 PM

    That's the beauty of leaving your 100 paintings project open-ended. You're not limiting yourself to a certain subject, so you're free to explore EVERYTHING! These apples are stunning, so lifelike, I couldn't believe it was a painting at first.

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  14. nanke's stuffJune 6, 2010 at 2:21 PM

    At first glance I thought this was a photograph. Then when I saw it was your painting, I was just amazed. It's so rich and has so much detail. It's beautiful! nancy

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  15. Gary KeimigJune 7, 2010 at 8:30 PM

    very nicely done, Ann.

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  16. RalphJune 8, 2010 at 3:32 AM

    All of your work is amazing just amazing.

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