Happy July!
Those who worked from my still life did some interesting work, for those who didn't I will set it up so that you may consider it again.
The summer makes me want to paint abstractly.
The figurative world seems too hard-edged and the generosity of abstraction beckons to to my mind and senses.
Above is a new painting that was based on seeing limestone posts in the Great Plains.
These were carved from quarried limestone by the early settlers and used as fence posts in an area with few trees.
I remember the great rolling grasses and white/blue immense sky under the blazing sun that reflected from these iconic ancient monuments to the unstoppable flood of white settlers as they erected fences and destroyed the bison and the Indian cultures of the Plains.
Life goes on, and the free-flowing Indian horsemen have been replaced by small dying towns and farms.
The title of the painting is: "The Poetry of Limestone Posts". It is 30 x 30" oil on canvas.
Start with your own experience and paint an abstraction next week.
see you then, John.
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