18 May, 2009

The River Bend in Half Light



Half Light River
@6" x 12"
Pastel
Casey Klahn
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"I have always tried to hide my own efforts and wished my works to have the lightness and joyousness of a springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it cost." Henri Matisse
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14 comments:

Miki Willa said...

Great muted colors. The river shows the calm of an early morning or just at dusk. Really nice painting.

May 18, 2009 at 6:00 AM
Casey Klahn said...

Thank you, Miki!

May 18, 2009 at 6:18 AM
Unknown said...

Like this painting very much Casey - it seems to be so simple but that is not the case - just like in the quote. Very well realized!

May 18, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Deborah Paris said...

Another beauty! I love this series and your interpretations of the river- bravo!

May 18, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Casey Klahn said...

Thanks very much, Deborah. I'm happy you like these.

Petra, thanks for reading closely - I appreciate it.

May 18, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Anonymous said...

You have created a mood with the colors - you can feel the light fading away.
Jean

May 18, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Casey Klahn said...

Great to meet you, Jean. I'll be at the Sausalito Art Festival in Sept.- I hope you'll say hi.

May 18, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Jeanette Jobson said...

This is beautiful. I love the blocks of colour and how they work so well to provide the image.

May 19, 2009 at 1:24 AM
Casey Klahn said...

Thanks, Jeanette! The blocks-of-color thing will be present in a lot of these water pictures, now. A cool way to do abstracts, I feel.

May 19, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Jala Pfaff said...

Oh... took my breath away.

May 19, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Jala Pfaff said...

P.S. Do you work on different colored surfaces depending on the subject, or do you tend to stick to a certain color surface that you use regardless of subject matter?

May 19, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Casey Klahn said...

Jala, the La Carte Sienna (a middle brown) is my mainstay. I vary sometimes to the dark gray or the antique white, which cover darker or lighter. For a warm dark paper, i use the dark brown.

Also, if I want detail, or a particular under painting, or pure white, I use Kitty Wallis' paper.

For abstracts, I can't do better than Diane Townsends's paper. It allows for better erasing and rubbing.

Thanks for the question.

May 19, 2009 at 10:36 PM
loriann signori said...

Casey, Your recent work has been awesome....what beautiful, bold, yet emotional work. I love them all water dance, naked tree and this one!

May 20, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Casey Klahn said...

Thank you, Loriann!

May 20, 2009 at 8:19 PM

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