Sometimes I reevaluate paintings that I don’t like, trying to figure what bothers me. Sometimes I also reevaluate paintings that haven’t sold in a timely manner in spite of traveling to different locations. Sometimes paintings that have traveled develop flaws, scratches or unexplained booboos.
All of these situations can eventually be remedied.
A painting that has been in several locations without selling recently got returned to me because of a weird mark. I could easily fix the flaw, but I wasn’t ever particularly pleased with the painting.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
I like it better now.This is the Honeymoon Cabin in Mineral King, a mini-museum for the Mineral King Preservation Society. The painting is 6×18″, it is oil on wrapped canvas (framing unnecessary), and the price is $165 (+ 8% California sales tax).
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The “After” looks much better. The clouds break up the solid blue sky, there’s more sunlight on the cabin and nearby trees, and the forested slope shows more detail. But it looks like there’s a paved road running next to the cabin–or does my monitor show it as gray when it’s really brown (or graveled)?
Sharon, I thought the same thing about the road, but decided to leave it. Lazy? Probably. Or maybe I just wanted another color in the painting!
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