Big Bertha
by AnnaJo Vahle
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Title
Big Bertha
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Linen
Description
I think that I am done with this painting. I signed it three days ago. Even so, I keep noodling around and changing things. I have been working on it for the past couple weeks. I haven't been working on it regularly at all. I have just doodled with it from time to time. I posted this to my web site a couple weeks ago as an incomplete painting. I entered it in a contest for works in progress.
There were periods when it felt like it was going well. However, much of the time, I struggled. I couldn't quite get it to work. I hoped to show the light flickering through the leaves of the red mangrove trees.
I added an alligator to liven things up. After that, it seemed like it need something in the trees. I painted a beautiful great white egret sitting on a large nest. I spent a fair amount of time getting it to glow. It did but that took over the whole painting and that wasn't the effect that I was after. I painted it out. Once it was gone, the painting kept telling me that I needed something more. I moved some of the trees and painted some of them out. I added sky holes in the foliage, I added and took away various branches, leaves and limbs. Then I removed much of the water because I thought that it crowded the alligator. The tide went in and out a couple of times. I changed the hues of the water, too. Why not? I kept changing everything. The paint piled up in thick globs. That made it more difficult to paint any details Sigh. This painting has been a difficult one for me.
The basic premise for this is that it is a place where I have done several plein air paintings. I used to sit where the alligator is. I later learned that this particular gator was known as Big Bertha. One of the reasons that I put in the little blue heron was to give the alligator some scale. I hoped to show that she was huge. I have actually seen little blue herons in the area.
It is on a 30 inch by 40 inch stretched premium linen.
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April 20th, 2021
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Comments (32)
Alla Savinkov
So well done, AnnaJo! I So well understand the feeling... Some paintings are" painting themselves, while others take forever to paint, still leaving you exhausted
Laurel Adams
Big Bertha always gets my nod!…such a gorgeous mangrove…I can’t believe you felt it wasn’t working!…with or without Bertha, this is a MAGNIFICENT undertaking…love the pops of rainbow magic in your palette!..LF
Aya Yahia
I really loved it so much! Loved the colors and the beautiful harmony! After all that time of changes; the result is a fantastic artwork!
Laurel Adams
CONGRATULATIONS, AnnaJo on your many features!…for this beautiful INSPIRED IMAGINARIUM!…My heArt sings during this Season of Light…thank you for your many light beams of kindnesses and glimpses of beauty you share with the world! Happiest of holiday moments to you, my friend.
Catherine Ludwig Donleycott
L/F/Voted for this version of Big Bertha... I cannot even believe you would paint anywhere near an alligator!
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thank you very much Catherine. I didn't know that a gator was there for quite a long time. There are a lot of them around.
Laurel Adams
Love this…the purples and blues…reds and greens…yes!…I see the flickering light in the leaves…stunning!! And the purple shading on the alligator is SOO GORGEOUS…LOVE THEM BOTH!
Gary F Richards
Spectacular capture, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SHORELINES - GROUP MEMBERS ONLY contest!
Allison Constantino
Congratulations! Your amazing image has been featured on the home page of the "Environmental Art - Specifically Ocean Conservation." Allison Constantino Environmental Art - Specifically Ocean Conservation Group Administrator 5/15/21
Alex Lapidus
Fabulous work! I'm fascinated by all the changes it went through.
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
LOL....it did go through a lot of changes. Thank you for your visit and comment.
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured on the home page of the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group. 4/28/21 l/f/pin
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