This painting became something very different from the scene that inspired it. Just for fun I’ll insert the photo reference so you can see the changes from nice little creek to blatant river sunset. A lot of painters never show their references, as if it’s some secret where the inspiration comes from, but I find it fascinating how the mind takes over from reality and off it goes to some new created world. You can see there are somewhat similar color values, somewhat similar rocks, a similar bend – but where did the change of scale come from? I got all wound up in the texture of the rocks, how the light would possibly be bounced off the sky, cool and hot at the same time. It’s what makes painting just great fun, and the more I do it, the more I want to bend reality into what I want it to be, instead of what it was. Call me a romantic influenced by the likes of Bierstadt and Moran, that’s okay. After 40-some years of doing this stuff, I hope I get a free pass.

This ORIGINAL painting is varnished acrylic on linen canvas, 16″ x 20″ and $350 unframed. A custom wood frame makes it a total of $375 and shipping adds just a bit more depending on your zone or if you take the frame. This is the original painting, NOT a print. .
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Thanks for reading this week.
Larry Eifert

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