Retired Caboose
Better Scan--
I'm trying to find a way to get into the Autry Western show without doing cowboys and Indians. This is a little old caboose parked in the back area of the Jamestown RR Museum. 11x14oil on Linen. I had a tough time scanning this one for some reason. I'm not really a western painter, but the show every year has a lot of artists I like and a lot that I find to be so weak that I tell myself I can do better. I wouldn't bother except it's so close to me and my competitive nature.
posted by william wray at 3:07 PM
28 Comments:
Looks great, Bill, I really like how you treated the shadow color.
Good luck with your Autry submission.
I waited and waited for my very slow connection to open up your picture, hoping to see that the caboose was red - does anyone remember the children's story "The Little Red Caboose"?
I really like this painting!
I love the colors!
Thanks
Tony-- I have to do four of them. A year in advance! That's how they keep people discouraged.
A Reason Tp_ Sadly I 'm old enough too. ;-)
Do you have a scanner for 11x14 works? I haven't found any larger than standard paper sizes. Would love to scan larger paintings as my digital camera does a lousy job--or is it the guy behind the camera :-)
Very cool, Bill. I'm kinda digg'n that washed out photo look. Very nice and moody. Like a hazy day. Perfection.
Wonderful piece! Love the cool light and HOT shadows.
Ed - you can buy 11x14 scanners, but they are waaaaay expensive.
ED--Big Scanner cost$, but I have saved money in the long run. I scan hundreds of paintings with them and use it for my comerical art too. Best investment ever.
Nice one!
Fantastic!
That one turned out way better than mine! Nice treatment overall!
Thnaks Dan, I'm getting more and more into that into the sun thing.
thanks MCJ- Thor and Cooper.
Hey Eric,
Great to see you again yesterday and meet your lovely wife. I like your version a lot, mine looks parked, where as you has a rattling life energy to it. Same type Caboose, but this one is parked in back.
This is sweet. Great lighting and composition here. Hope you get into the show! They'd be crazy to say no...
Hy, I had a grandma who knew Gene Autry--though not in the biblical sense.
You know I love a good train painting!
I like the close end of this caboose--the detail on the bars contrasts well with the slightly faded car behind & background foliage.
william your colour control is fantastic. Im surprised by your works. You are a great painter.
BTW: Got your book today and I gotta say I like it...nice layout, too...
Bill your work is so inspiring . . . I really love the bits of yellow underpainting peeking through and the subtle shadows on the caboose left thin is pure eye candy for me . . . making it look too easy!
Got the book and it's great. Maybe the Autry would like to see the caboose in a ghost town setting, showing the dirty beauty ofcourse.
mark
Fantastic work - I almost have to cover my eyes from the sunlight coming from the left! You know how to paint light sir!
gorgeous work on your blog, man...the atmosphere of these paintings feels very california
-jer
pummi,
we shall see, it will beintersting to wade thru the politics...
Bill.. fantastic piece. You have definitely caught that lazy hazy day of late summer in this one!!
cheers, Mike
I love it,the soft vs hard edgesa nd the atmosphere. it's like real flowers in a fake garden.
That LIGHT is so vivid -- and I can practically hear the light morning breeze rustling all the plants nearby. I love the textures, too. It's all splintering wood, peeling paint and flaking rust. Rock the Autry, my friend.
Hello! I find your site from stumbleupon.
You have great paintings! I'll give a thumbs up.
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