Inspiration

When I travel I tend to repeatedly visit locations where inspiration has found me! One of my favorites is this lovely spot along the San Miguel River just at the end of Colorado Avenue in downtown Telluride. For this recently completed commission I was asked to try working in uncharacteristically (for me) dark tones. As I began painting the aspen foliage it occurred to me that it would be interesting to think in terms of complementary colors while working out the color composition.

I try to pay attention to those nudges of inspiration that come to me as I’m working. And so, instead of a more literal depiction of aspen leaves in shades of yellow-green, green, and blue-green I loaded my brush with shades of red-violet, red, and red-orange. This is definitely working for me. What do you think?

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Marshall