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American dipper working the Upper Dungeness<\/strong> – but it could be any clean mountain stream hereabouts. A little space between projects, so I painted my favorite bird – John Muir’s favorite bird too. No secret why, this little bird lives where Muir felt most at home, and I do too – next to  a clear rushing and wild bit of water in the high country. Dippers are so connected to this singular habitat that they’ll fly around a stream bend instead short-cutting across a meadow. ‘Dine in’ for a dipper means diving into a waterfall and walking around underwater, kicking stones around and eating insects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Painting moving water is always a joy for me, but also has some mental anguish. It’s not easy to define what it looks like – something that is more a feeling than a fact. There is lots of bounced light, reflecting off the sky, nearby trees, sunny patches of moss that is getting direct sunlight. It’s not what I see, but more what I think I feel that is important. Did I get it on this one? I’m never sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realized at the beginning that this would be a gray and green painting, cool colors. So, I started it by priming the board with Mars Red<\/strong>, a very brilliant purplish-red that you can see hints of all over the painting. Look carefully, you’ll see what I mean. It warmed the entire painting up a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This painting is still for sale as of January 31, 2019.<\/strong> It’s framed as you see it here, outside measurements are about 20″ x 24″ and is $295 total, with shipping a bit extra. Email me at larry@larryeifert.com<\/a> if you’re interested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sorry, this painting sold a few hours after posting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larry Eifert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s my Facebook fan page<\/a>. I post lots of other stuff there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click <\/a>here to go to our main website \u2013 with jigsaw puzzles, prints, interpretive portfolios and lots of other stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy\u2019s web portfolio of stunning photography and paintings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\u00a0here to go to Virginia Eifert\u2019s website<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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