C1539
“High Tide at
Table Rock”
(Bandon,
Oregon Coast)
Oil Sketch on Centurion Oil Primed Linen Panel
5” x 7”
From last October in the Colorado Rockies
we are going to fast forward a bit to the 2nd of January 2014, to
Bandon on the south-central coast of Oregon.
I had arrived on the Oregon Coast at the beginning of November for an
Exhibition of Small Oils in Bandon, and spent the whole month painting
seascapes. I returned to my base in
Yamhill County for 3 weeks in December, and returned to the Coast for two weeks
over the Christmas period, camping in the National Forest, and painting. This painting of is representative of these
seascapes. More will appear as time goes
on as many are in several Galleries at present.
The Oregon Coast reminds me of the North Coast of Cornwall, England,
except it has forests on the cliff-tops and Cornwall does not, and Bandon
reminds me of several Cornish seaside towns.
The beach here at Bandon is riddled with islands and sea-stack, and so
provides many varied and interesting views to paint. I’ve been taking full advantage of this and
will continue to do so over time.
I first laid down a transparent imprimatura of Burnt Sienna to provide a
medium tone to work on when I began the painting.
The
pigments used were: Yellow Ochre, Venetian Red, Cobalt Blue & Titanium
White. As you see I limited my palette to three colours and white, two
being earth colours and thus a more harmonious colour scheme. I had been painting most of November with this
small palette and was happy with the variety of greens I was still able to get with
just Cobalt Blue and Yellow Ochre.
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