A couple newer paintings...

[bif]

https://markdomincreative.blogspot.com

Feedback and comments welcome!

[Zoonart]

1. Love the orchids, Mark.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Hanging around is my fav

[Karadeniz]

5. That was mine, too! Good work!

[mzmolly]

3. Very

nice!

[lunatica]

4. Your exploration of the

shapes and brilliant colors in your Fall paintings look A little like you're painting them more in an abstract way as if you’re looking at nature in a different way. You’re looking and reacting to color intensities by watching how sunlight strikes them, or backlights them. Your compositions and shapes are well positioned to give the scenes some visual tension, the way scenes are in nature. You capture that wild look very well.

Yet you also are careful when you arrange the objects for your painting like you do with the beautiful orchid in front of the window. You show how the sunlight hits some of the petals while others are shades. The background color is the perfect hue for the colors in the orchid. It is elegant

I really like your white berries in your perfectly balanced wildness with lines going in so many directions. You did a great job blurring the background so it is just a bit out of focus. This painting has a fun optical illusion that I really like. When I look right at the berries they come into sharp focus and the background blurs enough that I notice it. But when I look at the lines in the background they look in focus too. If it were a photograph the blurred background would still look blurred if you look at it directly. Maybe you discovered something new in painting. It’s fun to discover!

[NoRoadUntravelled]

6. I enjoy looking at your art.

Saved your blogspot link to favorites so I can see your latest as you upload them.

[bif]

7. Thank you all for your kind words!

It encourages me to keep on painting!

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Looks like evening primrose against the sky ...

Nice paintings !

[bif]

9. Thanks!

I was wondering what it was and I suspected it was in the primrose family.

[lark]

10. Thanks for sharing, loved them both.

I've been growing (not well, sadly) orchids for decades and I just love them. If there are any orchid shows around you next year (if theres a vaccine by then) go and you will see some amazing sights.

[bif]

11. Great idea! Thanks.

I'll look into it for sure.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

12. You live in Detroit?

My hometown. I was there last weekend. Cool paintings by the way

[bif]

13. Indeed I do.

Actually I live in Grosse Pointe Park, five houses from Detroit proper. And thanks for the compliment!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

14. Grew up on the west side.

Seriously considering coming back when I retire...…….. winters still lousy?

[bif]

15. They're not for the weak hearted. But they used to be worse.

We certainly don't get snow like we used to. But overall, this is a great place to live. Things like restaurants are pretty cheap. And there's so much to do. I grew up here and I must say, it's never been better (minus the Covid business). The downtown and midtown areas are hopping. Overall, there's is a great vibe to the city. You can tell I'm a huge Detroit booster!

[Star-Thrower]

16. I really liked

the colors of "Hanging Around". Also the "Laundry Day-Amish Country". Good work!

[bif]

18. Thank you much!

[denbot]

17. I really like your color usage.