The painting below had a tricky beginning. I'd forgotten my double-dipper so had to paint with pure white spirit and no oil medium - the cold and fine snow seemed to affect the texture of the paint so it felt quite dry despite liberally using the wet spirits.
Cows at the watertank in snow, and Willow Trees
The following day, going back to do a little more to the above, the cows proved a problem. They came right up to the two-strand electric fence, gazing curiously at me and bellowing frequently. A bull with a ring in his nose and steaming nostrils joined them and when he bellowed he had a destinct tenor tembre to his, whereas the cows and full blown bass voices. Odd that!
Looking towards Little Cheverell
All this was unerving and I couldn't really concentrate standing two feet from the fence, with 20 ton of cattle steaming so close to my elbow, so I did the painting above, moving off about 20 ft (observing the 1ft per 1ton, safety rule:) and standing with my back to them - still unerving and checking behind me every now and then!! This time mislaid my rigger, an essential brush, for lines and detail, so the painting hasn't reached a successful conclusion.
Then I was facinated, watching a small flock of starlings flying back and forth, like they weren't sure where best to settle. It looked a primal landscape, more like from a Bruegel painting, hardly like England.
http://www.transilvaniagallery.eu/ “Viata pe Pamant este o batalie continua cu ceilalti si cu propriile noastre ego-uri. Avem, deci, nevoie de cele mai bune arme pentru a supravietui: realism si putere de a visa, luciditate si putinta de a crede in basme, ochi capabili sa priveasca prin intuneric si inima deschisa spre lumina. Iar uneori, cand realitatea devine grava, avem nevoie sa ne putem crea o alta lume, un alt univers adevarat. Despre asta este pictura mea.” Stefania Nistoreanu Galeria de Arta TRANSILVANIA gazduieste, in perioada …- … , o expozitie extraordinara a artistei care traieste si creeaza la marginea Tampei. Iubitorii de arta vor avea ocazia unei intalniri in premiera cu o suita de zece lucrari – ulei si foita de aur, bronz sau argint pe panza - realizate recent, intr-un stil elaborat, absolut spectaculos, care le confera unicitatea ravnita de orice artist. Stefania Nistoreanu abordeaza panza intr-o maniera extrem de intima, dar compozitiile sale inglobeaza deseori teme universale, ancestrale si actuale, in egala masura. De altfel, lucrarile ei reprezinta o suma de contraste, exprimand realismul si fantasticul omogenizate armonios, ca intr-un panaceu de mult asteptat. Amprenta sa personala este caracterizata de o imaginatie fecunda si de o tehnica originala, dublata de o exceptionala finete artistica. http://www.brasov.net/expozitie-stefania-nistoreanu-la-galeria-de-arta-transilvania http://www.stiribrasov.ro/2012/12/03/expozitie-stefania-nistoreanu-galeria-de-arta-transilvania/ http://www.1235.ro/expozitie-stefania-nistoreanu-la-galeria-de-arta-transilvania-28143.html http://www.brasovultau.ro/articol/stiri/expozitie-stefania-nistoreanu-la-galeria-de-arta-transilvania.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bvtaufeed+%28Ultimele+%C5%9Etiri++-+Bra%C5%9Fovul+T%C4%83u%29 http://www.ziare.com/brasov/cultura/expozitie-stefania-nistoreanu-la-galeria-de-arta-transilvania-3442771 http://www.radiobrasov.ro/stire/expozitie-stefania-nistoreanu-la-galeria-de-arta-transilvania.html http://www.calendarevenimente.ro/detalii.php?ev=102619 http://www.modernism.ro/2012/12/05/expozitie-stefania-nistoreanu-la-galeria-de-arta-transilvania-brasov/ http://www.ilovebrasov.ro/index.php/evenimente/details/3171-expozitie-stefania-nistoreanu http://www.paginaintai.net
