My Sister's Secret
18 x 24
Oil on Canvas
This is a piece named " My Sister's Secret" It is my two lovely grand nieces telling secrets. I painted it a couple of years ago and it has always been one of my favorite painting...though there were things about it that I wasn't quite happy with. I remember painting it and not knowing what to do with the background. Then I took a class from Carolyn Anderson who said if you don't have the background decided then you do not have a good vision for your piece. That is extreme paraphrasing...but it is one of the main things I took from her class. I try to have a complete vision before I begin any piece now. So with that in mind I decided to revisit this painting and see if I could complete my vision. I really like the placement of the girls but wanted to work on the background and the clothes a bit. I darkened the background with a deeper color using ultramarine blue, raw sienna and some yellow ochre. I love the rich tones and the loose edges on the left. Then I saturated the color of the dresses with cadmium red and alizarin crimson shading with some ultramarine blue. I love revisiting pieces and seeing how much I have learned. It makes me hungry to learn more.
Below is the piece as it was originally...
