Angie Reed Garner

08:19 am: series has ended. available watercolors are available
Done with the push on watercolors, have oil paint on my hands again.

I know I told a couple of people to
wait and see what else I might do in this series
before settling on one... ok, now you know.
The watercolors shown below are available,
$175 including shipping. I'll remove any should they sell
so this entry stays current.

angiereed@gmail.com

One still available--


not this water

04:16 pm: watercolor #9 "irrigation hose + crane"

watercolor, 25 x 20", on 115# Rives Blanc

Another watercolor, see previous entries.

When it comes to landscapes it's really interesting, what gets
kept and what gets left out.

I was trying yesterday to learn about Japanese garden
techniques for shaping and training trees-- by staking and
propping and roping them-- and couldn't find
many photos online hosted on western sites. The few
I found were by bonsai enthusiasts and hardcore gardeners.

People go to Japan and visit many gardens and take a million
photos and I guess they carefully don't shoot the trees with the gear.

I think the props (and the winter wraps) are considered part of the garden
and are meant to be seen (made of natural materials so as to harmonize).
In some cases the props are never coming off because the tree would not
survive it. If you find the sight of a prop or wrap or rope unsightly,
there's a lot you can't really look at.

Scroll down for some images of what I'm talking about--
eventually you will see photos with ropes pulling branches
down, trees swaddled for winter etc.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/59195009/Niwaki-Pruning-Training-and-Shaping-Trees-the-Japanese-Way

Anyway, it made me think of what gets left off when I do landscapes
about Abu Dhabi. The irrigation hoses! I don't do many cars, hardly any.
I love cranes so those usually make it in.

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02:49 pm: watercolor #8 "two trees"

watercolor, 25 x 20", on 115# Rives Blanc

Another watercolor, see previous entries.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full
moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying
out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall
know if you are happy.
-Henri Frederic Amiel

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10:03 am: watercolor #7 "four trees"

watercolor, 20 x 16" approx., on 115# Rives Blanc

Another watercolor, see previous entries.

Mom did a series of tilted city paintings
when I was a teenager. Her tilted city was seen from a squirrel's eye pov
with city partially framed by trees.

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity.
Lewis Mumford

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05:15 pm: watercolor #6 "tilted city"

watercolor, 20 x 16" approx., on 115# Rives Blanc

Another watercolor, see previous entries.

Mom did a series of tilted city paintings
when I was a teenager. Her tilted city was seen from a squirrel's eye pov
with city partially framed by trees. Will see if I can find any images...
but that work is long collected and gone.

The chief function of the city is to convert power into form, energy into culture, dead matter into the living symbols of art, biological reproduction into social creativity.
Lewis Mumford

big file version here for a closer look

11:50 am: watercolor #5 fiddle dee dee

watercolor, 21 x 16" approx., on 115# Rives Blanc

Another watercolor, see previous entries.


big file version here for a closer look

I didn't have this quote in mind when I painted the above,
but I like it and will stash it here.


GWTW

Stuart Tarleton: War! Isn't it exciting, Scarlett? You know those fool Yankees actually *want* a war?
Brent Tarleton: We'll show 'em!
Scarlett: Fiddle-dee-dee! War, war, war; this war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides... there isn't going to be any war.
Brent Tarleton: Not going to be any war?
Stuart Tarleton: Why, honey, of course there's gonna be a war.
Scarlett: If either of you boys says "war" just once again, I'll go in the house and slam the door.
Brent Tarleton: But Scarlett, honey...
Stuart Tarleton: Don't you *want* us to have a war?
[she gets up and walks to the door, to their protestations]
Scarlett: [relenting] Well... but remember, I warned you.

10:56 am: watercolor #4 "not big enough"

watercolor, 25 x 20", on 115# Rives Blanc

Another watercolor, see previous entries.

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06:25 pm: watercolor #3 "not this water"

watercolor, 25 x 20", on 115# Rives Blanc

Another watercolor, see previous entries.

( purchase info )

big file version here for anyone that is shopping or really wants a closer look

04:19 pm: watercolor #2-- "bad moon rising"

watercolor, 25 x 20", on 115# Rives Blanc

Another watercolor per previous entry this morning.

Since this work rolls and ships so easy... if you want it, $175 sees it to your
door. Paypal or personal checks or credit cards. I'm totally fine with
payments if you want to distribute the pain without the assistance of
Masters Card and Visa. angiereed@gmail.com

big file version here for anyone that is shopping or really wants a closer look

[Edit-- images reposted, painting now with properly clean(er) margins, signed/titled etc.]

11:42 am: watercolor-- "troubled waters"

watercolor, 25 x 19.5" with margins, on 115# Rives Blanc

Exploring watercolor as a way to turn a sketch directly into a painting.

And wow, I really like how what you see is what you get, compared to acrylics
(which dry dark. Watercolors dry light.).

I am used to thinking in layers to build up color from working in
oils, so drying light is more a plus anyway. I can always add more paint.

Since this work rolls and ships so easy... if you want it, $175 sees it to your
door. Paypal or personal checks or credit cards. I'm totally fine with
payments if you want to distribute the pain without the assistance of
Masters Card and Visa. angiereed@gmail.com

big file version here for anyone that is shopping or really wants a closer look

[Edit-- images reposted, painting now with properly clean(er) margins, signed/titled etc.]