Odd Man Out

[G.L. Hoff]

Thought someone might like to see a new small oil...only 8x10

[walden]

Wonderful color-- & good depth. Nice work!

[BRIDGES]

i realy like the fruit. I would have used a "tad" (that dates me!)more dark on the shadows on the fruit.Bridges

[Wendy Booth]

Another good one. The warm colours make the fruit look ripe and juicy.

[G.L. Hoff]

Thanks for the comments...this small piece was a lot tougher than I thought it would be.

[Wayne Gaudon]

.. they look like they are overripe .. juicy juicy .. nice .. I agee with darker shadow's on the fruit, but that is only preference as it works as is.

[Allan Jameson]

This is excellent....keeping up with the modern trend ...simple succulent and very appealing.

[cagathoc]

G.L.

This is wonderful! I love the shape of your pears!

[G.L. Hoff]

Thanks,again, everyone...interesting to take a limited set of subject matter and try to establish a mood or emotion...as the title says.

and thanks too for the comment on the shapes, cagathoc...establishing surface shape was part of what this was about...

Regards

[Leaflin]

Hi Gary
Your use of dabs and patches of different colours in both the shadows and highlights add to making this a wonderful little still life.

[surreal]

It's positively lovely!


surreal:clap:

[G.L. Hoff]

Leaflin, surreal: thanks for the kind words. These little paintings are great fun and have taught me a great deal about color, value and space...good exercise for the painting muscles...

Regards

[BRIDGES]

this is a general question.Do artist feel that small paintings are easier.I noticed so many 6x8 -8x10 and smaller on here.It always seems batty for me to concentrate on small paintings. I love the big canvas and movement of my hand and arm when painting the whole picture. This is telling you I do not feel the little ones of mine are good. That i have tried.
Of course I am a knife painter and have to have lots of room.Do the small ones sell better, however?. I think 16x20 is about the smallest I can do but guess should try some smaller. If doing a building I feel i need the space as with mts. Landscapes.Even a vase of flowers. Yet I have seen some beautiful small ones and they look harder to do.Bridges

[G.L. Hoff]

Originally posted by BRIDGES
this is a general question.Do artist feel that small paintings are easier.

Hi, Bridges--

No, I think small paintings can be a great deal harder. On the other hand, many beginners work small because of economics--cheaper to buy small supports, less paint expended, etc.--or because of timidity. I certainly did. But to produce a small work that has guts and beauty is difficult, for me at least. You might look into Gerrit Dou's work--he was a student of Rembrandt who painted beautiful, interesting works that were quite small.

I love the big canvas and movement of my hand and arm when painting the whole picture. This is telling you I do not feel the little ones of mine are good. That i have tried.
Of course I am a knife painter and have to have lots of room.

Like you, I love the physicality of painting large--swinging a big brush or a knife is exhilarating. My problem is that I don't have lots of room, so I paint small to medium-sized works now.

Do the small ones sell better, however?. I think 16x20 is about the smallest I can do but guess should try some smaller. If doing a building I feel i need the space as with mts. Landscapes.Even a vase of flowers. Yet I have seen some beautiful small ones and they look harder to do.Bridges

I truly don't know about sales differentials between large and small works. A couple of thoughts come to mind, though: first, really large works are unlikely to fit into the average home or office--they may only be saleable to corporations or museums with lots of space. Also, it often seems to me that contemporary works by people like Close and Rothko and Lichtenstein were painted large because of the intended market rather than because large was aesthetically "better." But that's just my own bias, perhaps.

Regards

[BRIDGES]

you are right smaller ones sell better to the decorating consumer.I once did a huge one 40x something for a lobby hospital ,amazing when got it there on the wall hardly noticed!! So it is space. I like the 20x24's my favorite and with the expensive paint now adays,so much cheaper when hardly anyone buying, fewer artists, with today's price one has to be a bit more conservative. So much art around now. Are you smaller ones the samll price as large?. Some idea?. under !00? over 100? See mine on www.cactushill.com/Mall/HelenB/default.htm Tell me about price too much? or not enough.BE Honest. Bridges

[Victor]

I love the background and shelf colours you have chosed. This painting is very easy on the eye and the pears are mouth watering. Very well done

Victor....

[G.L. Hoff]

Originally posted by BRIDGES
you are right smaller ones sell better to the decorating consumer.... Are you smaller ones the samll price as large?. Some idea?. under !00? over 100?

I don't have a clue how to price my work. I don't price it by size, tho...all I do is try to decide how much someone else should pay for me to give it up to them. My larger works are more expensive, but not much more, but I don't do anything much bigger than 18" x 24" now. I price those around $400 (give or take). A work like this little one might go (haven't priced it yet so I'm just thinking off the top of my head) for $100 - $150.

See mine on www.cactushill.com/Mall/HelenB/default.htm Tell me about price too much? or not enough.BE Honest. Bridges

Your work looks good and your pricing looks fine to me, but as I said above, I really don't have a clue...I just write the price that looks right for me, and that may or may not be right for anyone else.

Regards