Muddy Waters
October 23, 2009 by Janice
I am going to be out of the studio Friday and Monday, but I did start testing browns on this panel today for the muddy waters surrounding this deer oasis off the Pearl River. Why won’t one brown do? And why not just my favorite minky sepia? I’ll use that too, save that for special on this panel, but using one brown, uh huh..that would be wrong for soil like this…
It needs to be rich and changing, shifting with tides and time….and yes…surges… but more because of this:
If you even say muddy waters in this part of the country no one thinks of dirt.
It’s a sound.
Capital M. Capitol W.
Not one note.
Not one tune.
But a legendary, incredibly sweet, American sound.
Rich and fertile.
Like this estuary ground I am painting.
So no.
Not one brown will do.
I want this ground to move you.
Yep.
I don’t have a slide guitar.
But I do have a brush…
and I know a thing or two about color…
So we want some browns that will slip and slide from cool to warm, from wet to dry-ish, from expected to surprise… from squish to a bit more firm..
Like that.
I have yet to find a way to separate the experience of walking this ground,
From the music of this ground….
And I am thinking…
Why should I?
I will be thinking of you all around fiveish…and hopefully having Naughty Margaritas.
Have a good weekend.
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Janice, when I saw Muddy Waters I of course heard the music. Your post did not disappoint.
Humming along feeling the rich browns and although the weekend is long gone, cruising into this Tuesday with a sweet melody in my head.
Hi Karen,
Humming right there with ya…:) and kind of easing back into studio this morning. It’s so nice to see your face this morning.