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willofthewisp — High Tide Moon
Published: 2007-07-26 05:55:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 288; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 13
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Oil on Canvas - about 20" by 30".A curious thing about the inner Puget Sound is the fact the at the tides are backwards. Really, they are. This is because of the time lag caused by the long distance the water takes between here and the open sea, around 200 miles. High tide here is nearly six hours off from what it should be reconing by the moon. Low tide is when high tide should be and the other way around. It takes a bit of getting used to, but here we get to see the setting moon reflected on the cresting tide. It feels wrong but it is beautiful.
The shell id a manilla clam, and I put one hemlock into the Douglas fir forest.
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Thanks. I have always felt that colour is one of the weak points in my work. I thrive on three dimensional art but feel that I need to stay with the painting, because there are a lot of things that I want to do that Just don't work in sculpture.
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That is the big catch 22 for most artists. If you focus on something you are good at they will say you are in a rut. And if you explore different themes and media, then they say you are a dillitant.
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You could always become the master of multimedia. You're already well on your way with the talent you possess! I am envious.
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Hehe, a lot of little details i'm not sure any of us would have noticed besides you, hehe. I would never have known that there are right and wrong times for high or low tide, and i can't really tell which tree "is not like the others", hehe, but i love the image. Kissy-faces in the clam, aww. Good colors.
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You don't think about something like when the tide comes until it comes at some other time. I have always noticed things like that. And things like trees that seem out of place, like the two Coast Redwoods just up the hill from here. They are along the bike-path among the firs, hemlocks and cedars, probably planted there years ago by people in a house that is now long gone. Also there are the shapes in the hinges of the clamshell. Each kind of clam has a distinctive hinge pattern, and the shells mirror each other except for on the hinge, where the right and left shells have there individual hinge pattern. The shell in this painting is a Manila clam; they are an invasive newcomer , but have those lovely purple bits that go so well with the peachy sunset colors. I know this all just shows what a nut I really am, but there it is. BTW the Hemlock has the droopy top.
Cheers.
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"probably planted there years ago by people in a house that is now long gone" - yah, that kinda thing always makes me think and be slightly creeped out, but in an interested sort of way - like when i see sidewalks with the dips from driveways that are no longer there.
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In Europe they have thousands opf years of that sort of thing, layer upon layer. York is amazing. You can see Victorian stairs under Tudor beamsthat span Georgan brickwork that fills inbetween Roman pillars.
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The sense of age would definitely be interesting to feel ... that might actually get me interested in travelling to Europe one day ...
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I haven't traveled much on the continent, and most of the rest of England is not all that interesting, but York is grand, and I have bummed around Ireland and loved that.
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