{"id":1446,"date":"2011-11-11T08:20:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T16:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2024-02-19T16:46:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T00:46:24","slug":"afternoon-river-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/afternoon-river-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon River Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Afternoon-River-Light.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Afternoon-River-Light-600x485.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1447\" title=\"Afternoon-River-Light\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This painting&nbsp;became something<\/strong>&nbsp;very different from&nbsp;the scene that inspired it. Just for fun I&#8217;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&#8217;s some secret where the inspiration comes from, but I find it fascinating how the mind&nbsp;takes over from reality&nbsp;and off&nbsp;it goes to some new created world. You can see there are somewhat similar color values, somewhat similar rocks, a similar bend &#8211; 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&#8217;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&#8217;s okay.&nbsp;After 40-some years of doing this stuff, I hope I get a free pass.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/River-Light-Reference.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/River-Light-Reference-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1457\" title=\"River-Light-Reference\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This ORIGINAL painting is varnished acrylic on linen canvas, 16&#8243; x 20&#8243; 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. .<br><a href=\"mailto:larry@larryeifert.com\">Email <\/a>us for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Thanks for reading this week.<br>Larry Eifert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\">Click <\/a>here to go to the online blog this was to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\">Click <\/a>here to go to our main website &#8211; packed with jigsaw puzzles, prints, interpretive portfolios and lots of other stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nancycherryeifert.com\">Click<\/a> here to check out what Nancy&#8217;s currently working on with her photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-medium-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This painting&nbsp;became something&nbsp;very different from&nbsp;the scene that inspired it. Just for fun I&#8217;ll insert the photo reference so you can see the changes from nice little creek to blatant river sunset. 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