Friday, November 21, 2008

Bad Haircut

bad haircut oil on canvas 8x10"

not me but this hedge...
every fall,a tractor comes in,
to cut all the hedges surrounding the farmers fields,
luckily he didn't do a good job cutting these in front of our house,
i get caught by the light shining through these last leaves of fall...
had to go outside and feel it.
i love hedges they contain so much life,
damn those electric fences...

20 comments:

Cara said...

I love this -

rob ijbema said...

thank you cara
it was so nice to paint

Marco van der Wielen said...

I like the friendship between yellow and purple here, Nice light, kerel!

rob ijbema said...

yes their friendship makes each other stronger,
glad you saw the light!
bedankt

René PleinAir said...

Is that knife-work?!

This is one desktop who's gonna stay a long time Rob, ... thanks!

rob ijbema said...

yes a fair amount of knive in the foreground rene,thanks to you!!

Cooper Dragonette said...

This one really shines Rob. Its a standout among a lot of gems!

rob ijbema said...

you are to kind cooper,thanks!

Sheila Vaughan said...

Rob, these last 3 are awesome. The one of your lane is the favourite. Painting inside seems to have brought out new vision in you, but I think you have painted outside so much that all these scenes are imprinted on your brain! Beautiful work Rob (and we missed the snow too - keeping fingers crossed we get to see some).

Cara said...

Rob - I hope you don't mind but I tagged you on my blog.

rob ijbema said...

thank you sheila,i think it is good to combine both studio and plein air work...i want snow really badly!!!

rob ijbema said...

i'm honored you thought of me cara but i have been tagged many times over and have never been caught,soo

Dar Presto said...

so very pretty! You created a lot of depth behind the crisp, bright hedge.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful! I love it!

Anonymous said...

i love this one Rob.i can see why you were drawn to paint it.

rob ijbema said...

thank you dar
it is nice to create distance with color instead of just value...

rob ijbema said...

thanks for you enthousiasm takeyce!!

rob ijbema said...

hi sally
yes i'm glad i didn't resist
can't believe it has been a week
have to go out soon...

Ed Terpening said...

Beautiful, subtle color shifts here. Great color harmony.

rob ijbema said...

thank you ed,just glad i cought the last colors of fall