Rock portrait #9 2010

rockportrait#92010

Dear Everyone:

This is the latest in my series

of still life paintings of rocks.

The rocks were collected from a local

beach. I brought home bags of rocks

planning to paint the actual rocks.

Somewhat chastened I found them to

be too beautiful in their natural state

to paint and so decided to create

paintings of them rather than

painting them and covering

their beauty.

I select various rocks and

arrange them into still lifes

which I then paint.

The paintings of them are somewhat

stylized which was my goal.

Hope that you enjoy this image.

Helen.