Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Fall Gourds - Lin Frye

Fall Gourds by linfrye
Fall Gourds, a photo by linfrye on Flickr.

9" x 12"
Arches 140#CP

We've been fortunate this fall to visit many different gardens as part of our lecture tour series, and we've seen such wonderful flowers, trees, vegetables. This painting was done from Old Salem Gardens and one of their historic, recreated gardens. The gourds were in the field, drying, and would have been used by earlier Moravians as dippers or bowls ...
The gardens there were dressed for fall with cole and cool-weather crops coming in. The freshyly added compost made everything look so dressed for the season!

The weather too has been absolutely GORGEOUS! Cool in the morning - and this week, mid 70s and sunshiney! The leaves are turning more yellow and here and there a spot or two of red ... yep, season's turned!

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 5, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    I love how you did the shadows in this,

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  2. Dion DiorOctober 5, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    This painting is exquisite. xx

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  3. LoisOctober 5, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    beautiful sketches

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  4. Alessandro SacchettiOctober 6, 2011 at 4:57 AM

    Very nice effect with light and color

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  5. Linda Miller, ArtistOctober 6, 2011 at 6:00 PM

    Hi Lin - Wonderful washes and values. Hope all is well I don't get to Flickr much anymore. Have a great fall, Linda

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  6. D-Ana FernandezOctober 7, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    I,m here too.
    The autumn is here and you to be able to catch his tones and shades. Lovely!

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  7. Desiree's DesignsOctober 12, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    Lin, I am loving your paintings, so full of color and excitment! Beautiful

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