Photo of scene near Taos, New Mexico
by Carol Reynolds
I've been having long days at the easel working on an oil painting of the scene pictured above, which is right outside Taos, New Mexico. The quote above by Josh Billings about sticking to one thing til you get there is really applicable to me and this painting. I usually work on several paintings at once, but for some reason I have been sticking to this one landscape, determined to finish it. Stay tuned because it is "almost there."
Below is a video showing many of Berthe Morisot's paintings, several of which I have never seen before. It is Part 1 of 2 separate videos; I have not viewed the second one yet. I think I mentioned before that as a teenager I read lots of books about the French Impressionists and fell in love with their style of painting, although my work is not impressionistic for the most part; sometimes a work of mine gets a little impressionistic. Enjoy the video; it is almost 10 minutes long, by the way.
