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| 12 x 16, pastel on BFK |
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| 12 x 16, pastel on BFK |
Not many places are just right for cranberry growing, but the Long Beach peninsula is one such place. Have you ever seen a cranberry bog? Of course, the berries are red, but so are the plants. Big fields of burgundy red growth that seem to wait patiently under stormy skies.
8 comments:
My favorite part about the cranberry bogs is driving under, or through, arbors of hedges to get to the bogs. Then, crossing the van Gogh planks to over the water.
Fun, evocative images.
I'm sitting here on the boat at Percival Landing while looking at your really beautiful bog paintings. I'm loving your work lately. Love the subject matter. Looking forward to seeing more.
What a technique! You're onto something. All the black, and they still have brilliance! We had the pleasure of seeing the flooding of the bogs in southeast Massachusetts a few years ago. Lots of red ponds. Surreal.
The cranberry industry on the peninsula has taken a real hit in the last 15 years. It's sad to see abandoned bogs!
Thanks, Nancy. If I continue to paint what I love (and I will), then you will see more of the peninsula. Great day for the boat!
Hi William. I think I'm onto something. After many years of hearing nothing but prohibitions about using black, I am out from under the yoke of judgment and into the free grace of "go ahead and use black if you want." Feels like new flesh. Or at least, absolution.
These are great.
I've never seen cranberry bogs in person, but have seen them in photos and artworks. They're fantastic, I'd love to see some.
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