Clouds - and Appreciation...

I sent a few images to The Cloud Appreciation Society yesterday. Imagine my surprise when I received an email this morning that they were already posted!

They do such a wonderful job there of featuring artists' works that are based upon - or related to - clouds and cloud formations. They also post the most amazing photographs of weather as well as the most up to date information about the weather on our blue planet . Weather isn't the least bit droll or boring when one is talking to someone wise in the ways of meteorology.

Due to my fascination with storms, cloud formations, tornadoes and atmosphere, this has been a favorite - and inspiring -site for me to visit. Take a look!

And a work in progress...

The Poplar Line... 24x 24 . acrylic on deep cradle panel

This is the painting Elvis was so critical of in a recent post. After much agonizing and looking and looking and looking, I decided to finish it - and go right on to repaint the image on another panel. A sort of before and after critique, if you will - and if there is such a thing as a series about "meta-painting" (painting about painting), I guess that's what I'm doing. I need to do this again, less "real" and more true. I like the asymmetry of the trees and the hint of the winds that have shaped them, and I want to emphasize this in the next version.











As for Elvis... He passed out on the printer from exhaustion after all his efforts to have me paint this one out failed. I mean really; he hasn't any credentials, he's all about instinct - and his are quite primitive.

I think he's trying to send me another message - when he grows tired of my surfing, typing and emailing - and of his attempts to edit same, perhaps it's time to retire !

Standing Stillness

Standing Stillness, 24 x 24, acrylic on deep cradle panel

Yeah, it's been a while; apologies to my fellow bloggers. Hope to see more of y'all now.

I've been keeping myself together, being a sort of "art job" detective - painting when I can, and painting for others to keep the critters and me fed. Whew! It's tough out there!! Did a faux job, a few pieces of furniture, some decorative painting and a floor (Gawd, I hate painting floors!) - and bid on several things that didn't materialize. Folks are playing it very close and often backing out after due consideration - even with my offering to cut prices. In June I noticed a slight increase in calls and contacts - and I sold another painting - which helped a lot. Onward and keep painting!!

Here's the first version, with four trees standing, and slightly differing coloration. But the old compositional adage holds: odd numbers work best - at least for me.

As y'all know, I've not been online much this past month. Today I was checking out what came up when Googling my website (www.patricelynneyoung.com), and I saw that The Cloud Appreciation Society had posted one of my paintings, "Early Warning." Wow, how cool is that?!!

If you like "atmospheric landscapes" they have many posted there featuring artists who love the complexities of clouds and weather.

I've another painting to post tomorrow - forgot to photograph it before delivering it for a show. I've a turtle adventure to post as well on the rabbit hole... so off to bed for now...