Less is More

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Sometimes when we see something that we want to paint, we idealize the scene before we even take a picture or do any editing at all. This yarrow field caught my attention and I didn't even really notice the fence in the foreground, or the school building in the background. My brain deleted them for me.

So when I revisited the photo a few years later, I thought....What was I thinking?

 

Moving along, I did the painting, and trusted my earlier vision to bring me back. Yes, that's what I was thinking. Sometimes less is more.

                                                                  
Yarrow Field 6x6 oil    click here to buy







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