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| Point Lobos Poetry © Marian Fortunati 24" x 36" x 2" Oil on Canvas |
I've heard people say that if you don't paint "big", you might as well not paint. I'm not sure who the people ARE who say that, or really WHY they say it, but I have heard it many times.
Generally I don't paint "big". I paint outside and the biggest thing I do outside is 12" x 16". There are some real problems with painting big in my estimation.
- Most of the paintings that I sell are small paintings. (Of course that may be because I paint more small paintings.)
- Big paintings are a big time investment.
- Frames for big paintings cost a lot more.
- The selling price of big paintings is generally a lot more - narrowing the potential buyer pool.
- If juried into a non-local contest, the shipping would be very expensive.
- When storing big paintings.... Hey... they take up a lot of room!
All that being said, I decided to paint a 24" x 36" painting. I used a 2" deep stretched canvas so that it didn't "require" framing. The question is whether you actually CAN frame it... I'm not sure. Does anyone know? My Dad thinks it would look even better framed.
This painting is of a scene in Point Lobos State Park, Monterey, California. I totally enjoyed working on it. I tried to put interesting colors in the dark areas to entertain the viewer when they look more closely at it. I hope the beauty of the actual scene still shows through even though I've taken some artistic liberties with it. I have painted several paintings from that beautiful area over the years and although I've liked them all... I think I'm happiest about this one.
My FASO website hosts an online juried contest. Of course there is a regular juror who will select paintings based on merit. But there is also a separate ability for viewers who go online to chose entries they "LIKE". It uses an application that facebook uses. I'm really not sure if someone "likes" a painting but isn't a facebook user, whether it counts or not, but I'd love those of you who want to take a minute to go online and "like" my painting... and any other one that you also "like".
This painting is of a scene in Point Lobos State Park, Monterey, California. I totally enjoyed working on it. I tried to put interesting colors in the dark areas to entertain the viewer when they look more closely at it. I hope the beauty of the actual scene still shows through even though I've taken some artistic liberties with it. I have painted several paintings from that beautiful area over the years and although I've liked them all... I think I'm happiest about this one.
My FASO website hosts an online juried contest. Of course there is a regular juror who will select paintings based on merit. But there is also a separate ability for viewers who go online to chose entries they "LIKE". It uses an application that facebook uses. I'm really not sure if someone "likes" a painting but isn't a facebook user, whether it counts or not, but I'd love those of you who want to take a minute to go online and "like" my painting... and any other one that you also "like".
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Thanks!!! http://faso.com/boldbrush/painting/18271
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