The colourful landscape of the Otago region near Dunedin. This is the second in my series of New Zealand landscapes. I took a drive in the farming country just inland of Dunedin on the south island of New Zealand. It was one of those days (of which there seemed to be a lot!) where the sun could barely find a gap to peek through the clouds occasionally. The stunning country floated in and out of focus as amazing colour patches lit up for a few moments where the light struck then faded back as the cloud shadows strengthened again. So what I tried to capture here is that half-light. Not quite fully overcast but no bright sunlit patches either. A soft pastel world of hazy greens and muted reds and yellow. I drove up a hill near the Dunedin race-course along the track in the painting to get this view. Oil on Canvas Panel - 10"x 14"
10 Comments
Renee Nemerov 01 Jan 2006
Nice sense of distance!Jennifer Herlihy 19 Mar 2005
This is Beautiful!!!!!Kay Meggison 18 Mar 2005
Very inviting. Beautiful colors, great compositiongeorgia brown 18 Mar 2005
beautiful paintingRod Schneider 18 Mar 2005
A really great composition and rendering!Casey Catton 18 Mar 2005
The colours grabbed my attention, and the view is so soothing and restful.Betty Schwartz 18 Mar 2005
A nice feeling of "air" in this painting. Lovely color, too.Reba McDonald 18 Mar 2005
Beautifully done Michaelthea walstra 18 Mar 2005
Very beautyful work and colorsDAVID OLSEN 18 Mar 2005
The image is small on my screen, but I can still recognize the detail, and hard work that went into this painting.