Canyonlands Art Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico

This is "Morning Haze" (previously posted here on Jan 5th) It will be included in the 2011 Canyonlands Show and Sale at Hueys Fine Art ( http://www.hueysfineart.com ), Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is one of the paintings that resulted from my last camping trip to the Grand Canyon. The challenge for me was to portray the rugged canyon softly ....the way it looked to me on that morning. It is 18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas.

The Canyonlands show includes paintings by some of the most talented & prolific artists in the country. It opens Feb 11 through March 2011.

Morning Haze by Jack Providenti

"Morning Haze"
by
Jack Providenti

18 x 24 inches, oil on canvas

One of the experiences that impressed me on my last camping trip to the Grand Canyon was the incredible expanse of pastel shades in the early morning. This is one of the paintings that resulted from that trip. The challenge was to portray the rugged canyon softly ....the way it looked to me on that morning.

"Sunrise At Yavapie Point", Grand Canyon

"Sunrise At Yavapie Point"

Plein Air painting at the Grand Canyon

by

Jack Providenti

8 x 10 inches, oil on board

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I think the greatest challenge of painting on site at the Grand Canyon is that the canyon itself appears endlessly vast and expansive, so much that it is difficult to decide which area to focus on. In this painting, rather than choosing a focal point, I used contrast of definition (sharp & defined vs muted areas) to place the viewer at a viewpoint from which to enjoy the vastness and variation of colors created by the morning atmosphere.

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