Currieworks Fine Art

Au-dessu de Valence, au Soleil

john — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:11:43 +0000

Oil on linen panel 9″ x 12″

From the Thicket, Homeward

john — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 21:08:18 +0000

Sometimes when I paint, I see something that intrigues me and I move directly to do my best to capture it. This time, the subject that I had stopped to paint felt limp and lifeless once my easel was up and my palette was ready. Disappointed, I debated whether or not to proceed when I turned around and spied the end of the rutted backwoods road I had just traveled. Not only was the rutted pattern intriguing but so was the fact that the light that was eluding me in the forest had now come to a beckoning rest down where the trail turned and ran back to camp. It called out to me. I answered with this painting.

Oil on linen panel 10″ x 6″

The Path Ahead, the Storm Behind

john — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:56:24 +0000

This painting captures a very special moment for me. I was outside of Cody, Wyoming, painting with my friend, Reid Galey, taking a week’s time-out from a difficult period in my life to let my mind rest and to concentrate on painting. Nonetheless, my mind was as cloudy as the skies that day and the storm that swept through Sunrise Basin seemed to mirror my less-than-sunny mood. As I trekked down this forestry road, searching for a subject to paint, the rain turned to drizzle and soon stopped. And then, as I stood there, damp and slightly discouraged, some of the clouds parted and sunlight washed across the curve at the end in the road and trickled down the next leg as it disappeared behind the trees. I knew then that my storm, too, would pass.

Oil on panel 10″ x 6″