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Picture depicting Laura next to her painting "Forest Light", which depicts a forest lane of beech trees in the vicinity of Bruges, Belgium
laura.k.smith48@gmail.com
Brussels / Ann Arbor, MI
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Looking for a perfect Christmas gift? šŸŽšŸŽ„This little painting (30 x 40 cm) is on auction on @catawiki! Have a look and place your bid! My fascination with twisting tree branches has evolved to a particular focus on low-to-the-ground intertwining tree branches and tree trunks. This painting is the third that focuses on what I am calling ā€œsculptural treesā€. The large branches in the foreground sweep the eye from left to right, with one of the main trees touching both sides of the canvas along its length. In this work, I explored combining a softer painterly technique of blending colours impressionistically with a bolder technique of colour blocking, wherein solid colours create hard edges. Being in a new place means exploring. Last weekend @thomas.verellen and I travelled to Michiganā€™s west coast to see the Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Saugatuck shoreline. šŸšØSOLD!šŸšØ Iā€™m thrilled that ā€œThrough the Branchesā€, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm/11.8 x 15.7 in., has found a home in Belgium! Itā€™s Wednesday! New blog post online: ā€œContinuing Education: Portrait Paintingā€. ā€œVertical Sculptural Treesā€ is the fifth painting in my Sculptural Trees collection, part of my #ForestSeries. The dark greens, purples, browns, and whites of this painting are consistent with the colour palette of the general collection. In this painting, in particular, a pale olive green colour runs along the tree branches and a bright red ochre makes a statement in the background. As Iā€™ve written about in my latest blog post, Iā€™ve been experimenting with watercolour. Here are two works in progress. A cool colour palette of greens, blues, browns, light yellows and bright whites are balanced and unified with hints of red ochre. I made this 60 x 60 cm/24 x 24 in. painting in August 2020 (ā€œDe Haan Large Forestā€, sold). I had been working smaller and it felt good to work larger scale on my theme of forest landscapes.

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