Come Sail With Me
by Belinda Low
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65.000 x 75.000 x 0.100 inches
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Title
Come Sail With Me
Artist
Belinda Low
Medium
Painting - Emulsion On Wall
Description
FEATURED in the following FAA groups: -
- Created by my hands - Non Digital
- Bedroom Art Gallery
- Beauty in Art
- Impressionism
- Images That Excite You
- Sunrise and Sunset Seascapes
- Anything Van Goghs
- ALL SEASONS Landscapes
- Excellent Self-Taught Artists
I am so happy the mural project is taking off again. Sharing my wall mural that I did one Sunday afternoon. It's in the style of Van Gogh's Seascape at Les Saintes-Maries.
Info extracted fromWIkipedia:
Saintes-Maries is the subject of a series of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in 1888. When Van Gogh lived in Arles, he took a trip to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the Mediterranean sea, where he made several paintings of the seascape and town.
In June 1888 Van Gogh took a 30 mile stagecoach trip from Arles to the sea-side fishing village of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the coast of the Mediterranean sea. Van Gogh's week-long trip was taken to recover from his health problems and make some seaside paintings and drawings. At that time Saintes-Maries was a small fishing village with under a hundred homes.
In just a few days he made two paintings of the sea, one of the village and nine drawings. One of the paintings was Van Gogh Museum's Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F413), which he described to his brother, Theo: "I made the drawing of the boats when I left very early in the morning, and I am now working on a painting based on it, a size 30 canvas with more sea and sky on the right. It was before the boats hastened out; I had watched them every morning, but as they leave very early I didn't have time to paint them." Some of the work on the painting was finished in the studio, such as capturing the light in the sand, sea and sky.
Another seascape Van Gogh made was The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (F415) in which he sought to capture light's effect on the sea. He wrote that the "Mediterranean Sea is a mackerel color: in other words, changeable � you do not always know whether it is green or purple, you do not always know if it is blue, as the next moment the ever-changing sheen has assumed a pink or a gray tint." The setting includes fishing boats returning to the village. To emphasize contrast to the color green in the painting, Van Gogh signs his name in large bright letters.
Seascape at Saintes-Maries (Fishing Boats at Sea) was painted six years after Van Gogh wrote that he wished to paint a seaside painting of sand, sea and sky. In this painting the combination of a high horizon and boats close to the top edge of the frame, draw the audience in to the choppy sea in the foreground and center of the picture. He also made three drawings of this composition.
The Sea at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, 1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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Comments (56)
Belinda Low
Thankful to Jasna Dragun for featuring this in her wonderful 'Beauty in Art - No Photography' group
Marina Kojukhova
Wonderful wall work Belinda!! L/F
Belinda Low replied:
Hi Marina - Thank you again for visiting and liking this! I have admired and enjoyed your work! :-D
Belinda Low
Very grateful to John Bailey for selecting and featuring Come Sail With Me in his exciting group "Images That Excite You"! :-D
John Bailey
Congratulations! You are featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Pamela Meredith
this is a fabulous work of art
Belinda Low replied:
Thanks v much Pamela for your visit and appreciate your kind words! Your work is fabulous too! :-D
Belinda Low
HUGE THANKS to Paul Svensen for selecting and featuring this in his awesome group "Sunrise and Sunset Seascapes"!!!
Anthony Mwangi
Great work of art!
Belinda Low replied:
Hi Anthony - So nice of you visit and comment so kindly on this one! Thank you lots! :-D
Steve Taylor
This looks fabulous Belinda. Fave
Belinda Low replied:
Hi Steve! Thank you v much! You are so kind to drop by. Appreciate your kind comment. :-D
Laurie Search
Ahhh, how wonderful this is, dear Belinda!!!! So very beautiful!!!! :)))fv
Belinda Low replied:
Thanks v much Laurie, for appreciating this and how sweet of you to comment so kindly, dear. :-)
Henryk Gorecki
Great painting,Belinda!Beautiful sea scene.I hear the splash of the waves and feel the wind! F/L
Belinda Low replied:
Thank you v much for your kind and descriptive words, Henryk! They made me smile and I feel so uplifted! :-)
Deyanira Harris
Belinda what a gorgeous painting I love the brush strokes on this one great work is a master piece!! lfv
Belinda Low replied:
Oh Thank you Deyanira! I am touched by your generous comments..I find that when I paint on murals, I don't feel restricted and my creativity just flows so freely...that's why I love murals so much even tho there is so much more space to cover...:-)
Irving Starr
Your brush strokes are very special. Love your work.
Belinda Low replied:
Good morning Irving! Thanks so much for your positive feedback! I continue to aspire to paint as best as I could FEEL...Do you feel like VG is 'talking' to you during the process of painting one of his paintings or even his portrait? It's as if "he" or a Higher Being was guiding me how to do it! I v much admire your work too! :-)
Bonnie Mason
I love your ocean paintings, Belinda. They have such strength and energy! LF
Belinda Low replied:
Hi Bonnie! Thanks v much for your visit and for commenting so kindly! Have a great weekend where you are dear! :-)
Hanne Lore Koehler
Beautiful painting, Belinda!!! L/F
Belinda Low replied:
Hello Hanne - I feel so grateful for your constant visits and support, dear. :-)