One of the highlights of our summer vacation was our stay at Antero Hot Springs Cabins in Nathrop Colorado. This is the 'Hortense' cabin. We stayed in the smaller cabin 'Cottonwood'. These are wonderfully restored historic log cabins each with it's own private hot mineral spring pool. What a fantastic time we had soaking in the hot water looking up at the stars. I'd go back in a minute!! I did an experiment with these two paintings. The top one is 8x10 pastel and the very bottom one is a 5x7 oil. I can see from doing the pastel what I would do to improve the oil painting. That was fun!
3 comments:
I really like both versions of the cabin. You are indeed talented! I love to see your work, and how you have branched out into a new medium.
Thank you BJ. I really appreciate it. It's been fun to try something new and I appreciate your comments!
I like the impasto effect in the oil version and that certain clarity. Also the light is great! In the pastel version the sky and the distant mountains are absolutely magnificent! My English is too poor to describe all the great sides of the paintings. I can`t choose which one is my favorite, I have to say I like them both!
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