When painting try not to think so much, if at all. Feel it. Given, subject matter does matter.
To me the most intriguing factor contained in a painting is color. All else aside, color stimulates my emotions. Landscape painting is highly emotional. Imagine looking out over the desert at sunset and you feel nature's song in your heart singing paint me, paint me.
"Saguaro Landscape" in the red and purple gallery is a song, painted, filled with emotional color. Daylight is fading. The sky is multi-colored. The sun will only be in view for a few more minutes. Orange settles around the distant mountains. Greens are muted. Sand turns to gold. A warm breeze blows on my face. The saguaro cacti are cooling down.
This emotion has now become timeless. I have captured the essence of my feelings.
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Peace and love. Russ