Linda Hunt

I am enjoying landscape painting so much.  It is partly because the Finetec waterolors that I use.  They are so incredibly beautiful....ssooooo beautiful.....each stroke is a stroke of LOVE....... www.lindahuntfineart.com

This is a big of a redo to tighten up the composition and rework the painting.  I love it now.  It is oil on canvas and can be found for sale at www.lindahuntfineart.com

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Moving right along.....this is oil and is 10"x 8".....will be for sale when dry  www.lindahunt.etsy.com

http://www.lindahunt.etsy.com   New painting ....oil...canvas ...16"X 12"

This was an interesting to work on.  It is a high key painting and that presented its own kind of problem.  I really wanted the saltines to stand out and so I needed to work the values.  The smoked oysters were really fun to paint.  I have been wanting to paint them for months.  I am trying to decided whether or not I should include the roses that were on the paper the plate was sitting on.  I hope that I didn't make it too cutesy......what do you think?

Michael's had a really fabulous sale on all Spring and Summer flowers and I bought these red peonies.  LOVE them and they were so much fun to paint.  I am working very hard on the compositions in my paintings.  To begin with I section off the canvas into 3rds length and width.  I focus on finding where I want to find the focal point and try to place it in the sweet spot. this is one of the intersections of the length and width lines.  Do you follow me?  It resembles a tic tak toe board.  The I find my darkest darks and two more values including white.  I then lay in the darkest values and then the middle values. I end by putting in my lightest lights.  At this point there is quite a bit of refining that takes place.  I work hard to use a very limited palette and find a nice harmony between all of the colors.  It is a felt thing at this point to decide when the painting is done. The future belongs to those who believe in the b...

12"x 12".....oil.....canvas.....painted from life.  The Asters were grown in my garden.....I am concentrating on my compositions and feel that they are tighter and more interesting.  I divide the canvas into thirds and find the 'sweet spot' in one of the intersections of the lines as they intersect.  This assures that the composition is not right in the center of the canvas and is more interesting and better aligned.......I also do a very simple yet accurate drawing of the general layout and then find the dark, medium , and light value structure.  With this painting I laid in the dark values first and then the secondary values and the light values are the last ones to place.  I stretch the values to create a nice tension. “I Think Goals Should Never Be Easy, They Should Force You To Work, Even If They Are Uncomfortable At The Time.” – Michael Phelp

New work 8"x 8" will be for sale in my Etsy shop.....

All throughout South Carolina on back roads in rather remote areas you can find these abandoned shacks and homes.  This one is an old barn and shed.  I loved the weathered look and the greenery which had overgrown the area.  This painting is right off the easel and is WET....it will nor ship until after May 1st 2018.    I laid in a red orange ground on this canvas and then painted over it.  I loved the greens against the warmth of the shed.

New work.....revisiting some lessons from Dennis Perrin classes......this reminds me of the song from long long ago.....they brought her tea and oranges that came all the way from China.....does anyone remember? I remember the night vividly.... I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. —Maya Angelou

I am taking a class by Kara Bullock titled 'Let's Face It'.  I am going to explore the portrait and figure in this class which is a direction I have wanted to explore for a very long time.  In this painting I used the Zorn palette which is a palette of only 3 colors and white.  The colors are Vermilion, Ivory Black, Yellow Ocher, Titanium White.

Finished this painting today....this lady was making her baskets and selling them at the South Carolina Artisans' Center....I loved the light in this image.

Reworked this painting and am greatly pleased with the result.When do you know when a painting is done.  I used to have an instructor in school that said "when a painting breathes on its own...you know the painting is done."  I think you can just feel it when it is complete........... The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller

Another playtime painting mixed media collage.....fun stuff....now I need to get serious again....

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Moliere