Observations by Doug Rugh, a classically trained artist based on Cape Cod,Massachusetts. (Overwrought penumbras, tangential tales and meager conundrums diffused through the squinting oculus of a shade arranger.)
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Heat in the Firehouse
Excerpt from this posting:
"...Photographs can capture one or the other but because of limitations in value range aren't able to portray what the eye can see. Pigments have similar limitations but the artist must use optical tricks to simulate the illusion..."
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-Doug Rugh
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Cape Cod,
color,
hue/temperature,
inspiration,
interior,
light,
location,
methods,
oil painting,
optics,
painting,
palette,
saturation/chroma,
value/tone,
viewing,
Woods Hole
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Hi, Thank you for leaving the comment on the little summary of plein air I wrote, I couldn't agree more, "there's nothing like painting on location"!
I enjoy this painting of yours very much, yes light and shadow are timeless and have been captured in so many ways.
I love chasing a sinking sun!
Beautiful work!
All the best,
~Rebecca
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