[Aquanet] critique

[Annette Compton]

Actually, I wrote the day you put it up Pat, though I know that was  
near the passing of Cia Price. I wish her family well in their grief.
I imagine Cia would be enthusiastic as she always seemed to be—such a  
champion of painters at every level, exploring every option. And she  
seemed to remain teachable throughout her life.

Here's what I wrote on September 1 about your expressive and  
evocative painting. Hope this spurs on the dialogue about our current  
paintings!

Thank you, Patricia for sharing your richly colored "Leaf by  
Moonlight." I admire your surrender to the nature of the medium and I  
particularly enjoy the granulation that appears in the lower part of  
the leaf shape. The staining colors act much like dyes—do you use Dr.  
Martin's or another brand?

Your painting begs the question of how to balance composition which  
requires a certain amount of "control" with the joyous spread of  
color in our medium. I love pushing the boundaries of this–trying to  
encourage happy accident while bringing enough structure to the  
painting that my viewer is not "lost in space!" You've struck a  
delightful balance and opened up the dialogue at the same time. The  
title of the painting helps hugely. The colors are rich and  
evocative. I particularly like the neutral greens that seem to evolve  
out of the darks.

I look forward to comments about the street scenes as well.

Annette Compton



On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Patricia Roshaven wrote:

> Hello -- I've not heard from any of you yet about my September  
> critique.  Since you are all more experienced than I am at water  
> media, I'm hoping that you can give me some words of wisdom about  
> my work.  And I'm wondering if those of you who knew Cia Price  
> might add something that she might have said about this kind of  
> work.  I know it's not as representational as most of your is, but  
> I'd still like to hear from you.  Thanks!  Pat Roshaven
>
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Annette Compton
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