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Lindy Cook Severns
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a commission that took some thinking and planning to get "right" for the client

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Finished! A small (8"x10") commissioned oil painting of Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park. I did this for a new client who is making a special gift of it to a friend who shared this sunrise. I used two of the buyer's photos and one of my own then worked out my composition as a charcoal sketch -- no one photo showed what the client wanted in the painting, so careful planning was involved!

"Santa Elena at Sunrise"

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Suzanne Grippi Art1d ago

I haven't used pastels in 30 years when I had absolutely no clue about their function and composition structure.Your work is always captivating. It inspires me to put some time on my schedule to experiment...

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Lindy Cook Severns1d ago

Thanks Suzanne-- this is an oil, but I love working in pastels and feel more at home with them. I feel like I'm painting when using oils, but speaking when using pastels, they're so immediate, like color flowing out of my fingertips.

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Bill Richards1d ago

A painting of a sunrise two friends shared together, given as a gift. The painting is really about the friendship.

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Lindy Cook Severns1d ago

That's a lovely thought Bill! I am always honored when someone choses to gift my art, but being asked to paint a shared moment was special.

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Sharyn Turner Richardson1d ago

This is one of the more unusual of your landscapes...no vast dramatic sky, more dark and foreboding, a mysterious landscape that raises good questions. I like it! ❤

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Lindy Cook Severns1d ago

Thanks Sharyn-- the photos she gave me were dark and atrocious, but one had a soft pink glow in the sky, one had the cliffs at high noon, and one had the dark water. I'd been there, so I knew what would happen at dawn. I didn't intentionally paint in mystery, but I think being forced to use more imagination than usual created that sense of the mysterious beyond the seen.

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gilles ROSZAK1d ago

Beautiful👍🏻

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Lindy Cook Severns1d ago

thank you! It's a place I love, so it was a good commission for me.

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gilles ROSZAK1d ago

What did you use like medium

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Lindy Cook Severns1d ago

This is an oil on an Ampersand Gessobord. 8x10 inches. I use Neo-Meglip or however you spell that as a drying, thinning and glazing medium.

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