More Impact By Saying Less

There are those of us who have to fight the urge to tighten up our paintings with more details.  Whether I like it or not, I battle the urge to over "detailize" every painting I do every day.  I am not a photo realism artist so excess detail can ruin many a perfectly good painting (and often does!) 

This week I challenged myself to paint figurative images without falling into the detail pit.  I took on the famous New Orleans French Market and Preservation Hall.  Both of these landmarks are full of details to resist.  I knew I needed to save myself from myself so I limited my painting sessions by adding a timer and painting two paintings side by side.  I painted 30 to 60 minutes per session.  Result?  Well, see for yourself. 

Mona Vivar, "French Market Stall", 12 inches by 9 inches, acrylic on canvas

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Mona Vivar "French Market Plenty", 12 inches by 9 inches, acrylic on canvas

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Mona Vivar, "Old Time Jazz", 11 inches by 14 inches, acrylic on canvas

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Mona Vivar, "That New Orleans Sound", 12 inches by 9 inches, acrylic on canvas

Coming this weekend to my Ebay store at Mona Vivar Fine Art 

 

Mona Vivar, "Preservation Hall Jazz Band", 12 inches by 9 inches, acrylic on canvas

Coming this weekend to my Ebay store at Mona Vivar Fine Art

 

Mona Vivar, "Jazz Time", 10 inches by 8 inches, acrylic on canvas

Coming this weekend to my Ebay store at Mona Vivar Fine Art

 

I am pleased with the results this week and hope you are too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images copyright of Mona Vivar 2013