Monday, September 7, 2009

"Casa de Don Rosario"

This is one of the paintings that I started when Scott was here. I worked on it for about two hours on location. It's a complex scene, so that was only enough time to get the drawing and a rough block in of the color and value relationships. I added Don Rosario later from a photo I shot while we were painting. Rosario has been riding a horse most of his life and you can tell from his walk. I tried to catch that little detail about him in the painting. Back in the studio I had time to make little adjustments to refine the composition and color.



"Casa de Don Rosario", 14x18" oil, Frank Gardner © 2009
$1,300. Framed. Available at Windrush Gallery, Sedona, AZ

6 comments:

Marian Fortunati said...

Beautifully done!!

Frank Gardner said...

Thanks Marian!!!

Bruce Sherman said...

Hi Frank!...As always...dynamic design elements...rich colour...painterly brushwork...yet wonderful detail and "real people" in your figure work!
Always a great treat to visit your site...as I do often!
Cheers!
Bruce

Don Gray said...

Gorgeous!

Måns Sjöberg said...

This is really a fantastic composition, the forground cactus beautifully contrasted against the eyecatching middleground.

Frank Gardner said...

Thanks so much Bruce, Don and Mans.
I am very sorry that it took so long to acknowledge your comments. They are very appreciated none the less.